Experimental Techniques in NanoScience and Bio-Physics:

Scattering from surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures

Acronym: PHY-VFTNSBP

Prof. Dr. Frank Schreiber
Dr. Ivan Zaluzhnyy
Vladimir Starostin

Wednesday 14.15-16.00, N4 (lectures)
Wednesday 16.15-18.00, C9A03 (optional tutorials)
First lecture: 20.10.2021

We will also provide a Live-Video Stream via Zoom .

Lecture in the Alma-Portal and in Ilias (the link is active after joining the course)
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Notes and information about the course

Description of the course and table of contents

This course is merged with two other courses:

Advanced Topics in Condensed Matter (PHY-VFATCM) (links to ILIAS and ALMA)
Modern X-ray Scattering (PHY-VFXRAY) (links to ILIAS and ALMA)

Please note that all materials will be posted on this web page. The information about two other courses will not be updated on ILIAS and ALMA.
The tutorials after the lectures will be given, when the material of the lecture suggests so (i.e. not every week).

Keywords

X-ray scattering
Neutron scatering
Thin films
Structure of materials
Nanostructures

Lectures and Handouts

F. Schreiber. Lecture 1. "Basics of X-ray and neutron scattering" (20.10.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 2. "Index of refraction" (27.10.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 3. "Fresnel equations" (03.11.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 4. "Scattering from a homogeneous slab" (10.11.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 5. "Scattering from a graded interface" (17.11.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 6. "Scattering from a rough interface" (24.11.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 7. "Distorted Wave Born Approximation" (01.12.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 8. "Surface scattering" (08.12.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 9. "X-ray sources" (15.12.2021)
I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 10. "X-ray optics and detectors" (22.12.2021)
V. Starostin. Lecture 11. "Machine learning in X-ray reflectivity" (12.01.2022)
V. Starostin. Lecture 12. "Machine learning in surface scattering" (19.01.2022)
F. Schreiber. Lecture 13. "X-rays vs. neutrons" (26.01.2022)
F. Schreiber. Lecture 14. "Anomalous X-ray diffraction" (02.02.2022)

Recorded lectures are available on ILIAS.

Additional materials

Introduction to modern scattering techniques
X-ray and neutron scattering lecture
F. Schreiber, Lecture 1 (Winter Semester 2020/2021)
F. Schreiber, Lecture 2 (Winter Semester 2020/2021)

Literature

J. Als-Nielsen / D. Mc Morrow, Elements of Modern X-ray Physics, Wiley, Chichester, 2001
S. K. Sinha, E. B. Sirota, S. Garoff, and H. B. Stanley, X-ray and neutron scattering from rough surfaces, Phys. Rev. B 38 2297, 1988
Gilles Renaud, Rémi Lazzari, and Frédéric Leroy, Probing surface and interface morphology with Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-Ray Scattering, Surf. Sci. Rep. 64, 255-380, 2009