Gavin W Morley Department of Physics University of Warwick Diamond Science & Technology Centre for Doctoral Training, MSc course Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials Module 2 – (PX904) Lecture 0 – Overview
2 Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Overview Properties of materials Electronic Optical Mechanical Thermal Magnetic
3 Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Overview Diamond properties
4 Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Overview Characterization of materials X-ray diffraction Electron microscopy Electrical conductivity Optical spectroscopy from IR to visible Hardness, strength, stress/strain Thermal conductivity and expansion SQUID magnetometry Nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance Digitally reconstructed Large Angle Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction (D- LACBED) patterns from a single crystal of Al 2 O 3 by Richard Beanland
Practicals X-ray diffraction (Pam Thomas & David Walker) Raman Spectroscopy (Mark Newton) Electron Microscopy (Richard Beanland & Steve York) Hardness Testing (Claire Dancer) 5 LecturesLecturer 1-3Philip Martineau Crystallography 4-6Gavin MorleyElectronic properties 7-8Stephen LynchOptical 9Gavin MorleyElectronic characterization 10Richard Beanland Electron microscopy 11-12Claire DancerMechanical 13-14Martin KuballThermal 15-16Gavin MorleyMagnetic Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Overview
6 Week 1Week 2 MonTue Wed Thu Fri MonTueWedThuFri 10:00L1L5 PC1 L11L15 Practical write-up 11:00L2L6L12L16 12:00 13:00 14:00L3L7L9L13 PC2 Practical write-up 15:00L4L8L10L14 16:00 17:00 Practical 1 Practical 2 Practical 3 Practical 4 Practical 5 Practical 6
7 Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Overview Practicals 1. X-ray diffraction (Pam Thomas and David Walker) 2. Raman Spectroscopy (Mark Newton) 3. Electron Microscopy (Richard Beanland and Steve York) 4. Hardness Testing of Materials (Claire Dancer)
8 Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Overview Assessment Two practical write-ups: 50% 1.5 hour exam: 50% Exam topics: Crystallography, electronic, optical, thermal, mechanical, magnetic
9 Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Overview Crystallography Dr Philip Martineau Head of Physics at De Beers Research Centre