Subject index

Condensed Matter Physics subject index

• $\mathrm{k_{\alpha}}$ lines
• $\mathrm{k_{\beta}}$ line
• $\mathrm{sio_4}$ tetrahedra
• α-quartz
• β-cristobalite
• β-quartz
• β-quartz
• β-tridymite
• (sc)
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• 4-state logic
• abelian group
• abo₃
• absorption
• accelerating voltage
• accelerating voltage
• accelerating voltage
• acoustic branch
• acoustic phonons
• activation energy
• activation energy
• alkali metals
• ambient conditions
• amorphisation
• amorphous materials
• amorphous solid
• anelastic strain
• annealing
• annihilate
• anode
• anomalous scattering
• anti-cuboctahedron
• anti-phase boundaries
• anti-stokes process
• anti-stokes transitions
• antiferroelectrics
• antiferromagnet
• aperiodic lattice
• artefacts
• associative property
• atomic distances
• atomic force microscopy
• atomic force microscopy
• atomic form factor
• atomic resolution
• atomic resolution
• attractive term
• auger electrons
• axial glide planes
• b-field
• backscattered electron (bse)
• backscattered electron contrast
• band gaps
• band structure
• band structure
• basis
• beam stop
• beamlines
• bending magnet
• bending magnet
• bessy-ii
• bi-continuous phases
• bias voltage
• binary compounds
• binary compounds and alloys
• binodal temperature
• bloch walls
• block slip
• body-centred
• body-centred cubic (bcc)
• body-centred cubic (bcc)
• bohr magneton
• boiling point
• boltzmann distribution
• boltzmann distribution
• boltzmann distribution
• bond angles
• bond lengths
• bound currents
• bragg diffraction peaks
• braggs' law
• braggs' law
• braggs' law
• bravais lattices
• bravais lattices
• breaking of bonds
• breaking of symmetry
• bremsstrahlung
• bridging oxygens
• bright field
• brilliance
• brillouin scattering
• brillouin zone
• brillouin zone
• brillouin zone boundary
• buckminsterfullerene
• bulk modulus
• bunches
• burgers circuit
• burgers vector,
• caesium chloride type
• camera length
• catio₃
• ccd camera
• centre of inversion
• centred lattices
• centred rectangular
• centred unit cell
• chain reaction
• change the symmetry
• characteristic lengths
• characteristic lengths
• characteristic lines
• charge ordering
• chemical contrast from bse
• chemical contrast from edx
• chemical disorder
• chemical shift
• chemical specificity
• chiral
• climb
• closure
• co-ordination environments
• co-ordination environments
• co-ordination number
• co-ordination numbers
• co-ordination polyhedra
• co-ordination polyhedron
• coercive field
• cold neutrons
• collective magnetic phenomenon
• collective phenomenon
• collimated
• collimator
• column length
• commutative property
• compound defects
• compressibility
• condensed matter
• condensor
• conducting samples
• conduction band
• conduction electrons
• conduction electrons
• confines of the lattice potential
• connectivities
• connectivity
• constructive interference
• constructive interference
• contact mode
• contraction
• contrast variation
• control rods
• cooling rate
• cooper pairs
• coordination number
• coordination polyhedron
• corner-sharing
• correlation function
• correlation length
• coulomb potentials
• cristobalite
• critical magnetic field
• criticality
• cross slip
• crystal
• crystal
• crystal
• crystal growth
• crystal lattice
• crystal nucleation
• crystal twins
• crystallographic restriction
• cscl structure type
• cube
• cube - identical to the unit cell itself
• cubic
• cubic close-packed (ccp)
• cuboctahedron
• cuboctahedron
• curie constant
• curie law
• curie temperature
• curie temperature
• curie temperature
• curie-weiss law
• curie-weiss law
• curvature
• cylinders
• damping capacity
• dark field
• de broglie wavelength
• de l'hôpital's rule
• debye frequency
• debye model
• debye model
• debye temperature
• defect creation energy
• defects
• degeneracy
• degenerate magnetic states
• density of states
• density of states
• density of states
• density of states
• density of states
• depth sensitivity
• derives from the hcp structure
• destructive interference
• devices
• diamagnetic susceptibility
• diamagnetics
• diamagnetism
• diamond anvil cell
• diamond type
• diatomic chain
• diblock co-polymers
• dielectrics
• differential pair distribution functions
• differential scattering cross section
• diffracted
• diffraction
• diffraction
• diffraction condition
• diffraction contrast
• diffraction limit
• diffraction limit
• diffraction line width
• diffractogram
• diffractogram
• diffuse scattering
• diffuse scattering
• diffuse scattering
• diffuse scattering
• diffuse scattering
• diffusion coefficient
• diffusion pathways
• dihedral angle disorder
• dihedral angles
• dihedral group
• dimensionality
• dipole moment
• dislocation width
• dislocations
• dislocations
• dislocations
• dislocations
• disordered
• disordered
• disordered phase
• dispersion relation
• dispersion relation
• displacement vector
• displacive phase transitions
• domains
• domains
• doping
• doping
• doubling of the unit cell
• dynamic response
• edge dislocation
• effective stress
• eigenfrequencies
• einstein model
• elastic
• elastic deformation
• elastic scattering
• elastic strain
• elastically scattered
• electrical electron lenses
• electrical immersion lens
• electromagnetic radiation
• electron density
• electron diffraction
• electron gun
• electron gun
• elongation
• enantiomorphs
• energy
• energy
• energy conservation
• energy conservation
• energy-dispersive x-ray (edx)
• epitaxy
• equilibrium
• equilibrium distance
• equipartition theorem
• ewald construction
• exchange field
• experiments using coherent x-rays
• experiments with variable x-ray energy
• external magnetic field
• f-centre
• fabry-perot interferometer
• face-centred
• face-centred cubic (fcc)
• face-centred cubic (fcc)
• false colour
• fcc type
• feature recognition algorithms
• fermi distribution
• fermi energy
• ferrielectrics
• ferrimagnetism
• ferroelectrics
• ferromagnet
• ferromagnetic
• ferromagnetics
• ferromagnetism
• feynman diagrams
• filament
• finite potential well
• first brillouin zone
• first-order
• fluctuations
• fluorescent screen
• focal length
• focused ion beam
• focusing elements
• focusing elements
• fourier coefficients
• fourier relationship
• fourier transform
• fourier transformation
• fourier transformation
• free electron gas
• free electron laser
• free enthalpy
• free enthalpy
• free volume
• frenkel pair
• frequency difference
• frozen non-equilibrium phases
• frustration
• full width at half magnitude
• full width at half magnitude
• g-factor
• gap
• gap between tip and sample
• gaps in the table
• gas
• general positions
• geometric series
• glass transition
• glide
• glide plane
• gradient structure
• grain boundaries
• grain boundaries
• grain boundaries
• grain boundaries
• grain boundary
• grain boundary engineering
• greek-letter prefix
• group
• group theory
• group velocity
• guinier radius
• guinier regime
• gyromagnetic ratio
• h-field
• hard magnets
• hard spheres
• harmonic oscillator
• harmonics
• heat capacity
• heavy-element target
• heisenberg model
• helices
• hermann-mauguin scheme
• hexagonal
• hexagonal
• hexagonal close-packed (hcp)
• hierarchical
• high-energy ball milling
• high-flux reactor
• high-resolution tem
• histogram
• homogeneous strain
• homologous peak
• hooke's law
• hooke's law
• hot source
• hysteresis
• hysteretic behaviour
• icosahedral quasi-crystals
• ideal crystals
• ideal structure
• identical planes
• imaging
• impurities
• in situ
• incident beam
• incident intensity
• indexed
• indexing
• induced magnetic moment
• inelastic scattering
• inelastic scattering
• inflation - deflation
• inhomogeneous strain
• injector
• insertion device
• insertion devices
• insertion devices
• instrument function
• instrumental broadening
• intensity
• interaction volume
• interfaces
• internal friction
• interphase
• interstitial
• interstitial diffusion
• intrinsic defects
• intrinsic vacancy
• introduction to solid state physics
• inverse element
• ionised binary compounds
• ising model
• isis
• isotopes
• isotopic substitution
• isotropic elastic medium
• isotropic medium
• isotropic medium
• iv-iv and iii-v compounds
• kinetic energy
• kinetic theory of gases
• kröger-vink notation
• lambda transitions
• lamellae
• landé equation
• landau theory
• lanthanum boride
• large size difference
• larmor theorem
• latent heat
• lattice
• lattice defects
• lattice directions
• lattice plane
• lattice plane
• lattice planes
• lattice planes
• lattice planes
• lattice planes are just a construct
• lattice point
• lattice point
• lattice spacing
• lattice spacings
• lattice vectors
• lattice vectors
• length scales
• lennard-jones potential
• lenz's law
• line broadening
• linear accelerator
• linear combination
• lithium-ion battery
• local structure
• lone pairs
• long-range correlations
• long-range order
• long-range order
• longitudinal
• longitudinal waves
• lorentz force
• magnetic electron lenses
• magnetic energy
• magnetic exchange interaction
• magnetic field
• magnetic flux density
• magnetic induction
• magnetic interaction energy
• magnetic interaction energy
• magnetic moment
• magnetic phase transition
• magnetic quantum number
• magnetisation
• magnetisation
• main quantum number
• materials science
• melting
• melting point
• melting point,
• mesh capacitor
• metal
• metamorphic processes
• metastable
• metastable phases
• metrics
• micelles
• microscopy
• microscopy
• miller indices
• mirror lines
• mixed dislocation
• mobility
• moderator
• modes
• molecular crystals
• momentum conservation
• momentum conservation
• momentum transfer
• momentum transfer
• momentum transfer
• monatomic chain
• monatomic chain
• monochromator
• monoclinic
• monodisperse
• morphology
• morphology
• morphology
• motional averaging
• multi-layer structures
• multiplication table
• nanocrystalline materials
• nanostructures
• nearest neighbours
• necking
• necking
• neutral element
• neutron capture
• neutrons
• neutrons
• no volume change
• non-contact mode
• non-equilibrium pathway
• nuclear magnetic resonance
• nuclear power stations
• nuclear spin
• nuclide chart
• number of scattering objects
• numerical aperture
• objective
• oblique
• octahedral coordination
• octahedron
• octahedron
• ocular lenses
• one-dimensional crystal
• operation
• optical branch
• optical phonons
• orbital angular momentum quantum number
• order parameter
• order parameter, q
• order parameters
• ordered
• ordered alloys
• ordered phase
• orientation
• orientation
• orthorhombic
• oxygen vacancy conductors
• pair distribution function
• pair potentials
• paraelectrics
• paramagnet
• paramagnetic
• paramagnetics
• paramagnetism
• paramagnetism
• partial scattering function
• partially ordered phase
• particle in a well
• particle shape
• particle size
• particle size
• partition function
• peak broadening
• percolation
• periodic
• permeability
• perovskite type
• perovskites
• ph324 concepts in condensed matter
• ph335 condensed matter - structure determination
• ph336 semiconductor technology
• ph338 materials physics
• phase
• phase contrast
• phase diagram
• phase transition
• phase transition
• phase transition
• phase transition temperature
• phase velocity
• phasons
• phonon
• phonon absorption
• phonon band gap
• phonon creation
• phonon frequency
• phonons
• photovoltaic cells
• planck distribution
• plane group
• plane wave
• plastic stiffness
• point defects
• point group
• point group
• poisson's ratio
• polarizability
• polonium
• polycrystal
• polydispersity
• polymorphs
• polytypes
• porod regime
• positioning stages
• potential energy
• powder diffractograms
• precession
• precession
• precision
• primitive cubic
• primitive lattice
• primitive lattice
• primitive rectangular
• principal slip system
• principal stresses
• probability density
• projection
• proton irradiation
• pseudo-particles
• q
• quantum number
• quantum size effects
• quantum-mechanical tunnelling
• radial distribution function
• radially averaged
• radio-frequency cavity
• radius of gyration
• raman scattering
• raman spectroscopy
• raman-active modes
• random walk
• raster image
• rayleigh scattering
• reactor core
• reactor sources
• reciprocal lattice
• reciprocal lattice
• reciprocal lattice point
• reciprocal lattice vector
• reciprocal lattice vector
• reciprocal lattice vector
• reciprocal space
• recrystallisation
• reflection
• refraction
• refractive index
• refractive index of a capacitor
• relative charges
• relative permeability
• relative population
• relativistic correction
• relaxation
• remanence
• repulsive term
• resolution
• resonances
• rock salt type
• rotary interchange
• rotating anode
• rotation axis
• roto-inversion axis
• rule of dulong and petit
• sample bias
• sample position
• sample preparation
• sample stage
• saturation
• saxs instrument
• saxs pattern
• scaled
• scanning
• scanning
• scanning artefacts
• scanning electron microscopy
• scanning tunnelling microscopy
• scattered intensity
• scattering
• scattering cross section
• scattering length
• schottky pair
• screw axes
• screw dislocation
• second-order
• secondary beam tube
• secondary electron
• secondary electron contrast
• selection rule
• self-similarity
• semi-transparent mirror
• set
• sets of equivalent lattice planes
• severe plastic deformation
• shape factor
• shear strain
• shear stress
• shielding
• short-range order
• short-range order
• short-range order
• short-range order
• side-centred
• single crystals
• single-crystal diffraction
• single-grain quasicrystal
• size broadening
• slip plane
• slip system
• small-angle neutron scattering
• small-angle x-ray scattering
• snell's law
• soft magnets
• solid
• solid angle
• spallation source
• spectroscopy
• speed of light
• speed of sound
• spherical wave
• spin, orbital and total angular momentum quantum numbers
• spinodal temperature
• spontaneous fission
• spontaneously magnetised
• spring constant
• square
• stacking faults
• stacking faults
• stacking order
• stacking two fcc unit cells into one another
• standing wave
• standing waves
• states of matter
• static light scattering
• stimulated fission reaction
• stoichiometric solid phases
• stokes process
• stokes transitions
• storage ring
• strain
• strain
• strain broadening
• stress
• stress vector
• structural model
• structural relaxation
• structure
• structure and dynamics
• structure factor
• structure factor
• structure factor
• sub-group
• sublattices
• sublattices
• superstructure reflections
• surface
• susceptibility
• susceptibility
• switch magnetic state by external electric field
• symmetry
• symmetry
• symmetry breaking
• symmetry elements
• symmetry group
• symmetry operations
• synchrotron
• synchrotron radiation source
• synchrotron source
• synchrotron sources
• systematic absence
• systematic absences
• tapping mode
• taylor expansion
• tensile test
• terminal domains
• ternary structures
• tetragonal
• tetrahedral coordination
• tetrahedral gap
• tetrahedrally coordinated
• thermal energy
• thermal energy
• thermal equilibrium
• thermal neutrons
• thermal neutrons
• thermionic emission
• thermionic emission
• thermodynamic equilibria
• thermodynamic equilibrium
• thermodynamic equilibrium
• thermodynamically stable
• three-dimensional case
• three-dimensional crystal
• three-fold screw axis
• thz range
• tilings
• tilting mechanism
• time resolved experiments
• tomography
• topography
• total angular momentum
• total differential
• total scattering
• transfer chamber
• transient microstrain
• transition enthalpy
• transition entropy
• transition metals
• transition temperature
• transition-related component of the heat capacity
• translation by an integer multiple of the lattice parameters
• translational periodicity
• translational symmetry
• transmission
• transversal
• triclinic
• tridymite
• trigonal
• triple junctions
• triple point
• tunneling current
• tunnelling probability
• two identical fcc sub-lattices
• two identical simple cubic sub-lattices
• two-dimensional detector
• type mineral
• ultra-high vacuum
• ultramicrotome
• understanding solids
• undulator
• undulator gap
• undulator parameter
• undulator spectrum
• unit cell
• unit cell
• upside-down optical path
• vacancies
• vacancy
• vacancy diffusion
• very dense
• very similar in size
• vibrational heat capacity
• volcanic eruptions
• wave front
• wave motion
• wave number
• wave number
• wave vector
• wave vector
• wave vector
• wave vector
• wavelength
• weekly revision quiz questions
• wiggler
• williamson-hall method
• work hardening
• wurtzite
• x-fel undulator
• x-ray diffraction
• x-ray emission spectrum
• x-ray emission spectrum
• x-ray tube
• x-rays
• x-rays
• yield stress
• young's modulus
• zeeman effect
• zeeman splitting
• zeeman splitting
• zero-point energy
• zinc blende