Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h + 20.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Hermans Sophie;
Language
French
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
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:
- 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:
- Point groups
- Lattice. Planar groups. Glide plane
- Space groups
- Practical exercises in the laboratory: single crystal diffraction, powder diffraction
- 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
- 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
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
