Advanced Diffraction Techniques for Structural Investigation in Material Science (6 credits)
Prof. L. Malavasi and D. Capsoni
Aim of this course is to give an overview about the advanced techniques  for the structural characterization of different classes of materials. We will first give an introduction about diffraction methods and then we will focus on more specific topics. These will include: combined x-ray and neutron diffraction collection; ab-initio structural determination from powder diffraction data;  magnetic structure determination; in-situ and time-resolved techniques; local structure determination from total scattering data. The different topics will be presented with basic theoretical information while a more detailed description will be given regarding the capabilities of each method, considerable “practical” details about data collection and analysis, and with a large choice of examples. Some “hands-on” sessions on data analysis methods of diffraction data are also planned