Structure of Materials

Course content

Concepts of short and long-range order;symmetry operations ,symmetry elements,group theory,point groups,space groups,reciprocal lattice;nature and properties of powder diffraction,source of radiation (X-ray,neutron,and electron), powder diffraction data collection;crystal structure solution and refinement from powder diffraction data (Rietveld refinement);pair-distribution function,structure-property relationship (covalent, ionic, metallic solids,glasses,polymers).