Syllabus

Module-1 (5 hours)

Introduction to x-rays with reference to production & properties,

Module-2 (6 hours)

X-ray Diffraction & it's basics, x-ray crystallography,

Module-3 (12 hours)
Qualitative & Quantitative analysis of XRD data, Intensity of XRD pattern & various factors effecting it, XRD phase analysis, Application of XRD technique in crystallography including protein crystallography


Module-4 (8 hours)

Introduction to scattering relevant to Diffraction, Characterization of materials at Nano order scale length ( Nano materials such as Protein, cellulose etc.)

Module-5 ( 6hours)
Preliminary idea about different X-ray techniques for structure analysis, Limitations of Instrumentation , Introduction to Medical application of X-ray for different structure analysis.

Fundamentals of x-ray productions & properties

X-ray diffraction & it’s applications to crystallography

Qualitative & quantitative analysis of XRD data

SAXS & it's advantages in evaluating nano-order scale length
x-ray instrumentation & Introduction to medical applications of x-ray.

CO1: Insights to production & properties of x-ray.
CO2: Understanding basic concepts of XRD
CO3: Applications of XRD in different fields of science & Technology
CO4: Evaluation of nano order scale length in material characterization.
CO5: Skill development in medical x-rya instrumentation.

B D Culiety & S R Stock, Elements of X-ray Diffraction, Pearson , Very common book for all.

O Kratky & O Glatter, Small Angle X-ray Scattering, Academic Press , Essential book for macromolecular crystallography

A K Singh, Advanced X-ray Techniques in Research & Industry, Capital Publishing company , Application of various X-ray techniques

R Verma, O N Srivastava, Crystallography applied to solid state physics, New Age International Publications , Prerequisite <br />Modern Physics <br />REMARKS IF ANY: Enrich the knowledge on x-ray structure analysis.

All journal relevant to crystallography, Material science, macromolecular crystallography, Biophysics etc.