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Course title |
Fundamentals and Application of Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron Scattering |
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Semester |
113-1 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS |
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Instructor |
MINN TSONG LIN |
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Curriculum Number |
Phys8121 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
222ED3380 |
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Class |
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Credits |
2.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Friday 7,8(14:20~16:20) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 30.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 5. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Please respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not copy any of the course information without permission
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Course Description |
This is a seminar and discussion class, which will cover a wide range of topics below:
1. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (I)
2. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (II)
3. Introduction (TLS/TPS)
4. X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) (soft x-ray)
5. Angular resolved photoemission (ARPES) (soft x-ray)
6. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) (soft x-ray)
7. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) (soft x-ray)
8. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (I)
9. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (II)
10. X-ray diffraction/scattering (hard x-ray)
11. Synchrotron for Biophysics (hard/soft x-ray)
12. Introduction to Neutron production and selected techniques
13. Neutron diffraction/scattering
14. Special Topic: XMCD-PEEM / SPEM
15. NSRRC Lab Tour
16. Presentations / Final Exam |
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Course Objective |
1. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (I)
2. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (II)
3. Introduction (TLS/TPS)
4. X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) (soft x-ray)
5. Angular resolved photoemission (ARPES) (soft x-ray)
6. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) (soft x-ray)
7. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) (soft x-ray)
8. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (I)
9. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (II)
10. X-ray diffraction/scattering (hard x-ray)
11. Synchrotron for Biophysics (hard/soft x-ray)
12. Introduction to Neutron production and selected techniques
13. Neutron diffraction/scattering
14. Special Topic: XMCD-PEEM / SPEM
15. NSRRC Lab Tour
16. Presentations / Final Exam |
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Course Requirement |
1. Students who have successfully registered for the course must attend the first class on 9/6 on time (14:20). Those who have not yet registered but wish to obtain a green ticket for course enrollment must also attend this class on time. If you do not attend on time, you will not be eligible to join the course this semester.
2. You are required to participate in a tour of the NSRRC, which will take place during the second class on9/13. Further details will be sent via email. If you wish to join the tour but are not on the list, please email the TA before September 12th.
Please note that the above requirements must be fulfilled to enroll in or pass this course.
3. Scientific Ethics: All students must adhere to principles of scientific ethics throughout the course.
4. Citations: Proper citation is required in all forms of presentations. |
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Student Workload (Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class) |
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Office Hours |
Note: TA: d08245009@ntu.edu.tw
Details would vary depending on the number of the participants, and will be settled in the first 2 weeks. Rescheduling is possible during the semester, and will be updated here on NTU COOL.
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Designated reading |
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References |
X-Ray Data Booklet, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Introduction to Solid State Physics, by Charles Kittel |
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Grading |
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No. |
Item |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
Oral presentation |
60% |
(1) Academic ethics is important. DONOT COPY and PASTE, citations must be well addressed.
(2) Working reports or group meeting reports are not allowed. 1 oral presentation with 20 minutes, followed by QA session.
(3) Any topic related to the course is welcomed (fundamental instrumentation, scientific application...... etc.).
(4) The participants are presenting to all the others. The content will include a clear introduction and applications which may arise. |
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Paper report |
40% |
(1) Academic ethics is important. DO-NOT COPY and PASTE, citations must be well addressed.
(2) Working reports or group meeting reports are not allowed.
(3) 1 paper report in pdf format, 1-3 pages with at least 1 page of text, shall be uploaded by 12:00 pm 12/20.
(4) Please edit with LaTex, with PRL format (https://journals.aps.org/revtex).
(5) Any topic related to the course is welcomed (different from your oral presentation). |
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Participation |
0% |
(1) One must show up in the first 2 classes.
(2) MT and TA should be notified on one's excused absence in advanced.
(3) Absence without notifying MT and TA is allowed only once. |
- NTU has not set an upper limit on the percentage of A+ grades.
- NTU uses a letter grade system for assessment. The grade percentage ranges and the single-subject grade conversion table in the NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Regulations Governing Academic Grading are for reference only. Instructors may adjust the percentage ranges according to the grade definitions. For more information, see the Assessment for Learning Section.
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Week |
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Topic |
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Week 1 |
9/6 |
Course Introduction
林敏聰 (M.-T. Lin) |
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Week 2 |
9/13 |
Tour to NSRRC |
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Week 3 |
9/20 |
Probing the structures of matter:
Diffraction basics & applications
莊裕鈞 (Y. C. Chuang) |
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Week 4 |
9/27 |
Probing the structures of matter:
Fundamentals of small-angle X-ray/neutron scattering and their applications
鄭有舜 ( U Ser Jeng ) |
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Week 5 |
10/4 |
Probing the structures of matter:
Scattering basics & applications
翁世璋 (S. C. Weng ) |
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Week 6 |
10/11 |
Probing with Neutron:
Fundamentals of neutron scattering & its applications
杜昭宏 (C. H. Du) |
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Week 7 |
10/18 |
Probing the structures of matter:
Fundamentals of EXAFS and its applications
吳泰興 (T. S. Wu ) |
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Week 8 |
10/25 |
Course skipped (The week of mid-exam) |
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Week 9 |
11/1 |
Probing the electronic structures of matter:
Fundamentals of soft X-ray absorption & scattering
黃筱妤 (H. Y. Huang) |
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Week 10 |
11/8 |
Probing the electronic structures of matter:
Fundamentals of photoemission spectroscopy
鄭澄懋 (C. M. Chen) |
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Week 11 |
11/15 |
Course skipped (NTU school day) |
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Week 12 |
11/22 |
Course skipped (NTU school game) |
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Week 13 |
11/29 |
Probing the matters with X-ray microscopy (I):
Introduction to hard X-ray microscopy
殷廣鈐 (G. C. Yin) |
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Week 14 |
12/6 |
Probing the matters with X-ray microscopy (II):
Introduction to soft X-ray microscopy
莊子弘 (T. H. Chuang) / 許紘瑋 (H. W. Shiu) |
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Week 15 |
12/13 |
Student Presentation |
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Week 16 |
12/20 |
Course skipped (The week of final-exam) |