Diffraction Analysis of Solid State

Garant předmětu:

Jiří Čapek, Nikolaj Ganev

Lecturer:

Jiří Čapek, Nikolaj Ganev

Tutor:

Jiří Čapek, Nikolaj Ganev

Supervisor:

Department of Solid State Engineering

Synopsis:

The purpose of this course is to introduce the undergraduate students the experimental methods for studying real structure of solids.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1Principles of X-ray diffraction on crystals

2Properties and generation of X-rays

3 Absorption of X-rays and its utilization in structure analysis of solids

4Detectors of X-rays

5Principles of experimental methods for single crystals

6X- ray diffraction by polycrystalline materials

7Qualitative and quantitative phase diffraction analysis

8Analysis of preferred orientations (textures)

9Determination of macroscopic and microscopic stresses

10 Diffraction profiles´ analysis

11Rietveld´s full-pattern analysis of diffraction diagrams

12Principles of electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD)

13Basics of neutron and electron diffraction.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] E. Zolotoyabko: Basic Concepts of X-Ray Diffraction, Wiley, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-527-33561-9.

[2] M. Lee: X-Ray Diffraction for Materials Research: From Fundamentals to Applications, Apple Academic Press, 2016, ISBN: 9781771882989.

Other references:

[3] G. S. Girolami: X-ray Crystallography, Univ Science Books; 1st ed., 2016, ISBN: 978-1891389771.

[4] B. B. He: Two-dimensional X-ray Diffraction, Wiley; 2nd edition, 2018, ISBN: 978-1119356103.

Note:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: