Latest news! Our teaching assistant will be Alan Hirales (ahirales@ucsd.edu).
His office hours will be the following:

Monday, October 6, 3:00-4:00 PM (EBUII 105)
Monday, October 13, 4:00-5:00 PM (https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/92441660631)
Thursday, October 23, 4:00-5:00 PM (EBUII 305)
Monday, October 27, 3:00-4:00 PM (EBUII 105)
Monday, November 3, 3:00-4:00 PM (EBUII 105)
Thursday, November 13, 4:00-5:00 PM (EBUII 305)
Thursday, November 20, 4:00-5:00 PM (EBUII 305)
Monday, November 24, 3:00-4:00 PM (EBUII 105)
Monday, December 1, 3:00-4:00 PM (EBUII 105)
Monday, December 8, 3:00-4:00 PM (EBUII 105)

Syllabus
Introductory Survey
VESTA - Visualization for Electronic and Structural Analysis
NIST X-ray Transition Energies Database

Handouts
     Protoype Crystal Structures
     Crystal Properties Tables
     Spectroscopy Nomenclature

Lectures
     Lecture 1
     Lecture 2
     Lecture 3
          Planes in Cubic System
          XRD Pattern of Iron
          XRD Pattern of Copper
          XRD Pattern of AuCu3
     Lecture 4
          XRD Pattern of Magnesium
          XRD Pattern of Ni3Sn
          XRD Pattern of BaTiO3
          XRD Pattern of Diamond
          XRD Pattern of NaCl
          XRD Pattern of BiF3
     Lecture 5
     Lecture 6
     Lecture 7
     Lecture 8
     Lecture 9
     Lecture 10

Class Notes
     Notes 1
     Notes 2
     Notes 3
     Notes 4
     Notes 5
     Notes 6
     Notes 7

Recordings
     Recording 1 - 2 October 2025
     Recording 2 - 9 October 2025
     Recording 3 - 16 October 2025
     Recording 4 - 21 October 2025
     Recording 5 - 30 October 2025
     Recording 6 - 6 November 2025
     Recording 7 - 13 November 2025
     Recording 8 - 25 November 2025
     Recording 9 - 4 December 2025

Homework
     Homework 1
     Homework 2
     Homework 3
     Homework 4
     Homework 5
     Homework 6
     Homework 7
          Electron Diffraction Pattern of Ni3Sn
     Homework 8
          Electron Diffraction Pattern of NiAs
          Electron Diffraction Pattern of BaTiO3
     Homework 9
     Homework 10
          XRD Pattern of Polyethylene
          Electron Diffraction Pattern of Polyethylene
          XRD Pattern of Fullerene
          XRD Pattern of YBCO

Assigned Readings
     Reading 1
     Reading 2
     Reading 3
     Reading 4
     Reading 5
     Reading 6
     Reading 7
     Reading 8
     Reading 9
     Reading 10
     Reading 11
     Reading 12
     Reading 13

Examinations
     Midterm 1(a) Solutions
          XRD Pattern of TiAl3
          XRD Pattern of TiO2
          XRD Pattern of TiAl3 + TiO2
          XRD Pattern of TiAl3 + TiO2, Problem #3
          XRD Pattern of TiAl3 + TiO2, Problem #4
     Midterm 1(b) Solutions
     Midterm 2(a) Solutions
     Midterm 2(b) Solutions