Experimental Techniques in NanoScience and Bio-Physics:

X-ray and Neutron Scattering

Acronym: PHY-VFTNSBP-V

Dr. Ivan Zaluzhnyy Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank Schreiber Wednesday 16.15-18.00, C9A03 (lectures) First lecture in 2023: 11.01.2023 Lecture in the Alma-Portal and in Ilias

Notes and information about the course

1. Advanced Topics in Condensed Matter (PHY-VFATCM) (link to ALMA)
2. Modern X-ray Scattering (PHY-VFXRAY) (link to ALMA)

Keywords

• interaction of x-rays and neutrons with atoms
• index of refraction for x-rays and neutrons
• scattering from surfaces
• small angle scattering from nanoparticles
• scattering from disordered media
• scattering from ideal crystals
• scattering from imperfect crystals
• X-ray absorption
• resonant scattering
• X-ray and neutron sources

Lectures and Handouts

• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lectures 1-2. "Basics of X-ray and neutron scattering" (19.10.2022 & 26.10.2022)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lectures 3-5. "Scattering from interfaces" (02.11.2022 & 09.11.2022 & 16.11.2022)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 6. "Small angle scattering: form factor" (23.11.2022)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 7. "Small angle scattering: structure factor" (30.11.2022)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 8. "Wide angle scattering: scattering from periodic structures" (07.12.2022)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 9. "Wide angle scattering: scattering from real crystals" (14.12.2022)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 10. "Wide angle scattering: worked example" (11.01.2023)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 11. "Absorption of X-rays and X-ray fluorescence" (18.01.2023)
• F. Schreiber. Lecture 12. "Inelastic neutron scattering" (25.01.2023)
• I. Zaluzhnyy. Lecture 13. "X-ray spectroscopy and resonant X-ray scattering" (01.02.2023)

Literature

• J. Als-Nielsen / D. Mc Morrow, Elements of Modern X-ray Physics, Wiley, Chichester, 2001
• Wim H. de Jeu, Basic X-ray Scattering for Soft Matter, Oxford University Press, 2016