Teaching
Lectures
Crystal structure oriented
NFPL 144 Structure of Matter and Structure Analysis (V. Holý, R. Kužel)
Crystal structure and symmetry - history of crystallography, point, plane and space groups, cells, symmetry operations, crystal shapes, chemical crystallography, structure databases, structure visualization, physical crystallography. Diffraction theory - geometrical principles, reciprocal lattice, interaction of radiation with matter, scattering on electron, atom and ensemble of atoms, atomic scattering factor, anomalous scattering, structure factor, temperature factor, dynamic theory of diffraction, wave equation for periodic medium. Comparison of electron, neutron and X-ray scattering.
NFPL 107 Fundamentals of Crystallography (R. Kužel, S. Daniš, M. Dopita)
Crystal structures and symmetry. History, crystal lattice, plane and space lattices. Symmetry operations. Point, plane and space groups. Symmetry and physical properties. Chemical crystallography, structure databases, crystal structure visualization. Some properties of groups, groups in different dimensions. Comparison of structures.
NFPL 030 X-ray methods of study of structure and microstructure of materials (R. Kužel, S. Daniš, M. Dopita)
X-Ray generators, detectors. Monochromatization. Basic single crystal methods. Film powder methods. Different diffraction geometries. Powder diffraction pattern and its evaluation Identification of unknown phases - qualitative and quantitative phase analysis. Precise measurement of lattice parameters. Rietveld method. Basic methods for texture and stress analysis. XRD profile analysis. Methods of structure solution. Structure of amorphous materials. Modern methods of X-ray imaging.
NFPL 133 Structure of materials (M. Janeček, R. Kužel)
Bonds in materials. Crystal lattice, lattice defects. The influence of lattice defects on materials properties. Experimental methods.
NFPL 155 ** Experimental Study of Real Structure of Solids** (R. Kužel, M. Janeček)
Study of real structure of the matter by X-ray, neutron and electron diffraction, transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Kinematic theory of diffraction by real crystals and classification of lattice defects. Elements of electron diffraction. Classification of stresses and their determination. Textures. Study of crystallite size, shape and distribution. Grain boundaries - small-angle, high-angle, twinned. Fracture surfaces. Grain misorientation. Lattice defects - dislocation - density, Burgers vector, type, stacking faults, antiphase boundaries. Point defects and precipitates.
NFPL 083 Diffraction of X-rays by Perfect Crystals (S. Daniš, L. Horák)
Electromagnetic bases of dynamic theory of X-ray diffraction. Wave field in crystal, absorption, energy flow, anomalous dispersion. High-resolution X-ray diffractometry, X-ray topography. Multiple crystal arrangements. For students of 4th and 5th year - Solid state physics. Suitable after lectures FPL012 and FPL030
NFPL 251 Advanced x-ray scattering methods for investigation of nanomaterials (M. Dopita)
Advanced X-ray scattering methods suitable for investigation of the morphology, structure, and real structure of nanomaterials. Generalized Debye scattering function, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS), total scattering - pair distribution function (PDF).
NFPL 149 X-ray Study of Real Structure of Thin Films (V. Holý, M. Dopita)
Application of kinematic and dynamic diffraction theory to study of the structure and morphology of polycrystalline, nanocrystalline and amorphous thin films and low-dimensional structures. High-angle and low-angle scattering. Fundamentals of dynamic theory of diffraction and their applications for the study of epitaxial layers. Basic experimental techniques used for X-ray diffraction study of real structure of thin films.
General lectures
NOFY125 Atomic Physics and Electronic Structure of Matter (S. Daniš)
Atomic structure of matter, examples of structure of molecules and solids, relation of observations in real and reciprocal space, particle character and wave character of electrons and particles (atoms, molecules), atomic vibrations in many atom systems, electronic structure of atoms, electronic structure many atom systems, electrons in metals and semiconductors.
NOFY 087 ** Work with PC and introduction to programming** (R. Kužel, M. Šoltésová, L. Horák, V. Římal)
Common text processors - LaTeX, Word etc. - efficiet work. Writing of typical scientific article or report - guideline for writing and techniques - headers, abstracts, structuring, formatting. Mathematical relations, figures, tables and their numbering. References and work with bibliograhic databases. Spreadsheets and solution of mathematical problems, graphs (also GnuPlot, Origin). Introduction to programmming - algorithms (Matlab, Python). Special programs for scientific calculations, introduction. Work with pictures and photos. Preparation of web pages.
NFPL 145 Experimental Methods of Condensed Systems Physics I (R. Kužel, H. Štěpánková, M. Janeček, K. Mašek, J. Stráská, P. Kocán, J. Čížek, T. Kmječ)
Experimental methods of element and phase analysis, atomic and electronic structure of the matter. Diffraction, spectroscopy, microscopy, particle scattering. Surface microscopies. Nuclear methods. Principles, characteristics, possibilities and limitations of the methods. In practical part - typical experiments to individual groups of methods.
NPRF 020 Introduction to Programming in Matlab, Octave and Scilab (S. Daniš, M. Dopita)
Basic elements of MATLAB program workspace and supplemetary modules. Simulation of selected physical and chemical processes, experimental data processing. Programming in MATLAB is explained using examples of linear and non-linear regression, convolution, deconvolutin, Fourier transformation and numerical solution of partial ordinary differential equations. For 3rd Bc. to 1st and 2nd MS grade of physics' branches.
