Chemical Crystallography - Lecture notes and Exercises

Lecture VO 270063, 2024S

Lectures takes place in Seminar Room 4, Thursdays, 10:15AM-11:45AM, as listed below. I try to make lecture notes available the day before the lecture. Possible corrections will be updated directly after the lecture took place.

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List of lectures for Chemical Crystallography in Summer Term 2024 together with download links for PDF files with slides.
Date Lecture No. Lecture Notes Topic
07th Mar 2024Lecture 1Download PDF tba
14th Mar 2024Lecture 2Download PDF tba
21th Mar 2024n/an/a n/a
28th Mar 2024Easter break n/a n/a
04th Apr 2024Easter break n/a n/a
11th Apr 2024Lecture 3 Download PDF tba
18th Apr 2024Exercise 1Download PDF tba
25th Apr 2024Lecture 4Download PDF tba
02th May 2024Lecture 5Download PDF tba
09th May 2024Ascension n/a n/a
16th May 2024Exercise 2Download PDF tba
23th May 2024Lecture 6Download PDF tba
30th May 2024Corpus Christi n/a n/a
06th Jun 2024Lecture 7Download PDF tba
13th Jun 2024Lecture 8Download PDF tba
20th Jun 2024Exercise 3Download PDF tba
27th Jun 2024Lecture 9Download PDF tba

Lecture VO 270063, 2023S

Lectures takes place in Seminar room 3, Thursdays, 10:15AM-11:45AM, as listed below. I try to make lecture notes available the day before the lecture. Possible corrections will be updated directly after the lecture took place.

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Date Lecture No. Lecture Notes Topic
02th Mar 2023Lecture 1Download PDF X-rays, Crystals, diffraction
09th Mar 2023Lecture 2Download PDFLaue equations, Ewald Sphere, Symmetry
16th Mar 2023Lecture 3Download PDFPoint and Space groups, Crystal Systems
23th Mar 2023Exercise 1Download PDF
30th Mar 2023Lecture 4Download PDFSymmetry in dffraction, Friedel's law; Integration
06th Apr 2023No Lecture
13th Apr 2023No Lecture
20th Apr 2023Lecture 5Download PDFScaling, Phasing
27th Apr 2023Exercise 2Download PDFStructure factor, atomic scattering factor
04th May 2023Lecture 6Download PDF
11th May 2023Lecture 7Download PDFCon-/restraints; absolute configuration
18th May 2023No Lecture
25th May 2023Exercise 3n/aExamples for refinement
01th Jun 2023No Lecture
08th Jun 2023No Lecture
15th Jun 2023Lecture 8Download PDF Electron diffraction
22th Jun 2023Lecture 9Download PDFQTAIM
29th Jun 2023Exercise 4Crystal mounting in the X-ray lab

Lecture 270287 VO, 2022S

The lecture takes place on Thursdays, 10:00AM-11:30AM, as listed below. I try to make lecture notes available the day before the lecture. Possible corrections will be updated directly after the lecture took place.

N.B.: this list is hand-edited, please check dates, holidays, etc. with the official University web site.

Date Lecture No. Lecture Notes
3rd Mar 2022Lecture 1Download PDF
10th Mar 2022Lecture 2Download PDF
17th Mar 2022no lecture
24th Mar 2022Exercise 1Download PDF
31st Mar 2022Lecture 3Download PDF
7th Apr 2022Lecture 4Download PDF
14th Apr 2022Easter break
21st Apr 2022Easter break
28th Apr 2022Lecture 5Download PDF
Date Lecture No. Lecture Notes
5th May 2022power cut
12th May 2022no lecture
19th May 2022Lecture 6Download PDF
26th May 2022 Ascension
2nd Jun 2022Exercise 2Download PDF
9th Jun 2022Lecture 7Download PDF
16th Jun 2022Corpus Christi
23th Jun 2022Lecture 8Download PDF
30th Jun 2022no lecture

Lecture 270287 VO, 2021

The lecture takes place on Thursdays, 11am-11:45am, as listed below. During the special circumstaces of Corona prevention measures, the lecture is streamed on moodle via BigBlueButton. Lecture notes are made available here the day before the lecture. The final version, with potential corrections or comments from the students, will be updated after the lecture.

Date Lecture No. Lecture Notes
4th Mar 2021 Lecture 1 Download PDF
11th Mar 2021 Lecture 2 Download PDF
18th Mar 2021 Lecture 3 Download PDF
25th Mar 2021 Lecture 4 Download PDF
1st Apr 2021 Easter break n/a
08th Apr 2021 Easter break n/a
15th Apr 2021 Exercise 1 Download PDF
22th Apr 2021 Lecture 5 Download PDF
29th Apr 2021 Lecture 6 Download PDF
Date Lecture No. Lecture Notes
6th May 2021 Lecture 7 Download PDF
13th May 2021 Holiday n/a
20th May 2021 Exercise 2 Download PDF
27th May 2021 Lecture 8 Download PDF
3rd Jun 2021 Holiday n/a
10th Jun 2021 Lecture 9 Download PDF
17th Jun 2021 Exercise 3 n/a, live presentation
24th Jun 2021 Lecture 10 Download PDF

Lecture 270287 VO, Summer term 2020

The lecture took place on Thursdays, 11am-11:45am, as listed below. During the special circumstaces of Corona prevention measures, the lecture is stream internally on moodle via BigBlueButton. Lecture notes are made available here the day before the lecture. The final version (adjusted to the number of slides that got actually presented) will be updated after the lecture.

Date Lecture notes PDF
5th March 2020 Lecture 1 Download PDF
19th March 2020 Lecture 2 Download PDF
26th March 2020 Lecture 3 Download PDF
4th April 2020 Lecture 4 Download PDF
23th April 2020 Lecture 5 Download PDF
30th April 2020 Lecture 5 Repetition of Lecture 5 due to technical problems 23/4/2020
7th May 2020 Lecture 6 Download PDF
14th May 2020 Lecture 7 Download PDF
28th May 2020 Lecture 8 Download PDF
4th June 2020 Lecture 9 Download PDF
18th June 2020 Lecture 10 Download PDF
25th June 2020 Lecture 11 Download PDF

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