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


