Teacher(s)

Hermans Sophie;

Language

French

Main themes

 

Content

Topics covered:
- Symmetry Elements
- Crystal lattice
- Point Groups
- Space groups
- Use of the International Tables for Crystallography
- Principles of diffraction, reciprocal space
- Intensity diffracted by a crystal
- Single-crystal diffraction, powder diffraction
- Experimental methods and instruments
- Information obtained from the diffraction
- Introduction to structural chemistry, contribution of crystallography to chemistry knowledge


Exercises:

1. Point groups
2. Lattice. Planar groups. Glide plane
3. Space groups
4. Practical exercises in the laboratory: single crystal diffraction, powder diffraction
5. Description and comparison of crystal structures. Structure types

Teaching methods

The course is taught with the use of PowerPoint slides, available at Moodle. The lecture course also includes demonstration software and the use of interactive material. Exercises are provided to facilitate the understanding.

Evaluation methods

oral exam with a written preparation. It includes two theoretical questions: one with and one without a written preparation (15 points). The practical part is examined by the engineer, Dr. Koen Robeyns, and is evaluated with a maximum of 5 points. One more point students can get for the creative home work (the task is given).

Other information

Skills to be acquired:
- understanding the symmetry and in particular of the molecular symmetry
- understanding the foundations of modern crystallographic analysis and results they deliver

Online resources

http://symmetry.otterbein.edu/ - interactive guide to molecular symmetry
http://escher.epfl.ch/mobile/ - crystallography on a mobile phone, 2D periodic groups
http://nanocrystallography.research.pdx.edu/index.py/links - collection of useful links
http://escher.epfl.ch/eCrystallography/ - electronic crystallography course

Bibliography

•  Colin N. Banwell, Elaine M. McCash, « Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy » fourth edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1994.
• Laurence M. Harwood, Timothy D. W. Claridge, 'Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy', Oxford Chemistry Primers n°43, Oxford University Press, 1997.
• John M. Brown, « Molecular Spectroscopy », Oxford Chemistry Primers n°55, Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Simon Duckett, Bruce Gilbert, "Foundations of Spectroscopy", Oxford Chemistry Primers n°78, Oxford University Press, 2000.

Faculty or entity

CHIM