Crystallography and Applications

Course Information
TitleΚΡΥΣΤΑΛΛΟΔΟΜΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΕΣ / Crystallography and Applications
CodeΣΥΕ204
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorGeorgios Vourlias
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40003028
Class Information
Academic Year2020 – 2021
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600178200
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΓΘΥ205 Physics V (Modern Physics)
  • ΣΥΥ501 Structure of Materials Laboratory
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module a student should be able to: 1. Fully understand the connection between the properties of materials and crystals and their structure, thus recognize the application range of each material. 2. Identify the structure and characteristics of the matter using X-rays characterization. 3. To use specific crystallography softwares to characterize the materials and solve issues related to their identification. 4. Understand the structural characteristics of a wide range of materials such as coatings, thin films, thermoelectrics, polymers, etc which are currently used in several advanced technological fields. 5. Realize the connection between the Physics of Crystals to other scientific fields such as Chemistry, Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Materials Science, etc.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction, Symmetry in direct and inverse space, Crystal systems, Indices de Miller, inverse space, Equation Bragg, Sphere Ewald. Single crystal X-ray structure study. Methods Laue, rotating crystal method, Weissenberg, transition, indexing, identification of crystalline constants. Crystalline powder X-ray structure study. Methods Debye - Sherrer, Guinier. Automatic powder diffractometer. Method Bragg - Brendano. Data processing, phase separation, Indexing, Identification of crystalline constants. Characterisation of materials, databases, applications. Analysis of profile of powder diagram and determination of the crystalline structure. Method Rietveld. Automatic four-circle single crystal diffractometer. Collection, data processing, statistical Wilson. Structure factors, electron density. Methods to determine the single crystal structure (indirect test directly). Functions Fourier, Patterson in structure determination. Improvement of the structure parameters. Geometry of the crystal cell.
Keywords
rystallography, X-ray methods, X-ray Diffraction, crystal structure, Production of x-rays
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures87✓
Written assigments30✓
Exams3
Total120
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Σημειώσεις- Το υλικό του Μαθήματος είναι αναρτημένο και στις παρακάτω ιστοσελίδες: Χωρίς να χρειάζεται η εισαγωγή στοιχείων ιδρυματικού λογαριασμού. http://amdelab.physics.auth.gr/domi.htm Είναι απαραίτητη η εισαγωγή στοιχείων ιδρυματικού λογαριασμού. https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=13590 Χρήσιμο βοηθητικό διδακτικό υλικό υπάρχει και στους παρακάτω εξωτερικούς συνδέσμους: http://ecourses.dbnet.ntua.gr/fsr/10480/Crystalography.pdf https://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/xray-diffraction/index.php https://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/crystallography3/index.php https://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/miller_indices/index.php
Additional bibliography for study
Elements of X-Ray Diffraction B.D. Cullity & S.R. Stock Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River (2001) X-Ray Diffraction: A Practical Approach C. Suryanarayana & M. Grant Norton Plenum Press, New York (1998)
Last Update
03-11-2020