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in a DIFFRACTION experiment we measure
STRUCTURE

in a SPECTROSCOPY exp we measure
EXCITATIONS

Pair Correlation functions

summary of coherent scattering

summary of incoherent scattering

Scherrer Eq
particle size
bigger crystal -> narrower peaks

Stokes-Wilson
strain broadening

Thermal Motions
Debye-Waller and thermal diffuse scattering

Debye Waller factor

thermal diffuse scattering

Williamson-Hall plot
combine Scherrer and Stokes-Wilson

harmonic approx

reduced wavevector

1d monatomic chain

1d chain dispersion

1d chain cont

1d chain cont cont

Jx question


3d monoatomic crystal

Disp Curves in 3d monoatomic crystals

Reduced Wavevector

fcc 100

fcc 110

fcc 111

bcc 100 110

bcc 111

1d dia chain

1d dia chain disp

1d dia chain cont.

1d dia chain cont cont.

1d dia chain cont cont cont

lattice dynamics of alkali halides

studying phonons - light scattering

studying phonons - xray inelastic scattering

studying phonons - neutron inelastic scattering

schem of exp
scattering amplitude
differential cross section

scattering from liq or glass

orientationally averaged phase factor

orientationally averaged phase factor cont.

partial radial distribution function - liq and glasses

coord no. - liq. and glasses

1st 2nd coord no. in liq

Caesium chloride, CsBr, forms a crystal with simple cubic symmetry with a conventional lattice parameter 𝑎 = 4.30 Å. Sketch the partial radial distribution functions, gαβ(r), for liquid CsBr just above the melting point of 909 K
. For each partial radial distribution function, give values for the approximate position of the first maximum and the coordination number. In the case of gCsBr(r), use your figure to explain how one can calculate the coordination number

Describe the thermal process by which, in practice, a glass can be formed, and explain what is meant by the glass transition temperature, Tg, and Kauzmann temperature, TK.

Sketch the specific heat capacity, 𝐶(𝑇), and entropy, 𝑆(𝑇), as a function of temperature and cooling rate as one cools a glass-forming liquid. Mark Tg, TK, and the bulk melting temperature, Tm, on your plots. Explain also the thermodynamic significance of 𝑆(0) in a glass.

differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)







Explain what is meant by the following terms in soft condensed matter physics: colloid, surfactant, micelle, and vesicle.

small angle scattering

small angle scat cont.

small angle scat cont cont

small angle cont cont cont
