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Andrew Yang committed Jul 3, 2023
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Currently, the supported nanoparticle shapes include: spheres and spheroids.

* Within the ``additionalData`` directory, ``cd`` into the ``morphshape`` subdirectory.
* Inside, you will find a sample Ni bulk material PDF ``Ni_bulk.gr``.
Inside, you will find a sample Ni bulk material PDF ``Ni_bulk.gr``.
This PDF is from `"Atomic Pair Distribution Function Analysis: A primer" <https://github.com/Billingegroup/pdfttp_data/>`_.
* There are also multiple ``.cgr`` files with calculated Ni nanoparticles of various shapes..
There are also multiple ``.cgr`` files with calculated Ni nanoparticle PDFs.

* Let us apply various shape effect morphs on the bulk material to reproduce these calculated PDFs.

* Spherical Shape
1. The ``Ni_nano_sphere.cgr`` file contains a generated spherical nanoparticle with unknown radius.
First, let us plot ``Ni_blk.gr`` against ``Ni_nano_sphere.cgr`` ::
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pdfmorph Ni_bulk.gr Ni_nano_sphere.cgr --radius=11.2 -a

5. We can see that the Rw value has decreased from before. Run without the ``-a`` tag to refine ::
5. We can see that the Rw value has significantly decreased from before. Run without the ``-a`` tag to refine ::

pdfmorph Ni_bulk.gr Ni_nano_sphere.cgr --radius=11.2

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