E2-4601, T & R, 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm: Office hours following class or by appointment
M, 3:00 pm, MRL 2nd Floor (by the couches) or by appointment
The VESTA Crystal Structure drawing package (and more): Download and install from here. This program works on all platforms. It is required for assignments.
Database of some crystal structures to be found here. The cif files that can be downloaded are directly read by VESTA.
A demo version of the principal database of Inorganic Crystal Structure is available at FIZ Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
Space groups and symmetry information: Birbeck College SG diagrams and tables and cctbx symmetry information, SgInfo gateway and the Bilbao Crystallographic Server
Plane group sketcher (requires Java): "escher"
CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry online (useful physical and chemical data including solid state properties). CCRC Online
PDF file of bond valence parameters including the exponential bond valence relationship, and the source cif file: CIF from CCP14
Jamie's notes for the diamond glide: PDF
Notes on bond valence nets and bond valence sums: PDF
| Date | Description | Resources | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| T 1/4 | Topological insulators and half-Heusler compounds | Moore| Manoharan| Chadov | |
| R 1/6 | Classification, glasses, quasicrystals, etc. + handouts | Lekkerkerker | + Zachariasen | + Duwez | + Jannsen | + Tsai | |
| R 1/11 | Symmetry | PDF + PDF + faujasite.jpg + faujasite.vesta | Assignment 1 |
| R 1/13 | Symmetry (contd.) | ||
| T 1/18 | Structures 1 | Assignment 2 | |
| T 1/20 | Structures 2 + handouts | ||
| T 1/25 | Structures 3 | Assignment 3 | |
| T 1/27 | Structures 3 (contd.) | ||
| T 2/1 | Cohesion + handouts | Assignment 4 | |
| R 2/3 | Cohesion (contd.) | ||
| T 2/8 | Midterm (in-class) | ||
| R 2/10 | Cohesion 2 + handouts | Burdett + papers by Hoffmann, Whangbo etc. | |
| T 2/15 | Cohesion 3 | Assignment 5 | |
| R 2/17 | Magnetism + handouts | TiO and MoS2 | |
| T 2/22 | No class (Ram away) | ||
| R 2/24 | Magnetism + Polar Materials + handouts | ||
| T 3/1 | Polar Materials | Assignment 6 | |
| R 3/3 | Polar Materials and + Superconductors | ||
| Superconductivity talk to summer interns, June 2009: 5.6 M PDF file | |||
| T 3/8 | Superconductors | ||
| Final (take home) | |||
