NNT729 - X-RAY SCATTERING METHODS and ITS APPLICATIONS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-RAY SCATTERING METHODS and ITS APPLICATIONS | NNT729 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Prequisites | To be a MS, Doctorate or PhD student on a science and engineering faculties at a University. | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Observation Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Experiment Drill and Practice | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Semra Ä°de | |||||
| Course objective | With the help of this course, a modern experimental method to reach the detailed structural knowledge in the characterization of nanostructured materials will be taught and young researchers will gain scientific background about the (SWAXS) method to attend the advanced scientific studies at SR centers. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The course will start with the definition and classification of nanostructured materials. And then, the usage of X-ray to reach the detailed structural knowledge will be mentioned and obtaining of X-rays, interaction of X-rays with matters and X-ray scattering (which is important for nanostructured materials ) will be explained. Some knowledge about SWAXS (that is effective in the range of molecular size and nano size ) and GISAXS ( for nano aggregations which is close to the surface of the samples) methods will be given to characterize nanomaterials. This knowledge will include experimental setups, static and dynamic measurements, time resolved experiments, and data evaluations. In the last part of the course, SWAXS and GISAXS applications on different samples such as nano powders, amphiphillic molecules ( lipids, bioactive molecules and membranes ) proteins, enzymes, layered structures, hydrogels, polymers, biological samples ( bone, dentin, spider silk , etc. ) and semiconductors | |||||
| References | Face to face education | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Nanostructured samples -I: nanopowders,Nanocomposites,Polymers(copolymers,terpolymers),thin films with quantum dots |
| Week 2 | Nanostructured samples -II: Lamellar films,Amphiphillic compounds (lipids, membrans), Biological samples, bone, tendon, hair, silks, etc.), gels |
| Week 3 | X-rays-I: Modern X-ray source, conventional tubes, Synchrotron Radiation |
| Week 4 | X-rays-II: Interaction of X-rays with matter |
| Week 5 | X-ray scattering-I: Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), Sample preparations |
| Week 6 | Midterm, X-ray scattering-II: 1D and 2D detectors and their usage, structural results |
| Week 7 | SWAXS Method :Experimental equipments, measurements, simultaneous SAXS and WAXS measurements, Static and dynamic measurements (time resolved measurements) |
| Week 8 | SWAXS method: Data evaluation, softwares and programs, backgrounds |
| Week 9 | GISAXS ( Grazing incident small angle x-ray scattering) method: Experimental equipments,(lab and SR meauserements) Scattering data and evaluations |
| Week 10 | Applications of SWAXS and GISAXS : Nano powders, inner surfaces, amphihillic molecules, phase transition |
| Week 11 | Midterm , Interaction of macromolecules with membrans and lipids |
| Week 12 | 3d structures of proteins and enzymes, lamellar structures, phthalocyanines |
| Week 13 | Schizophrenic polymers, drug delivery systems, hydrogels, porous structures |
| Week 14 | Structural chracterization of semiconducters with quantum dots (GISAXS) Starches resistant to digestive enzymes |
| Week 15 | Applications on biological samples |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 5 |
| Application | 0 | 5 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 5 |
| Presentation | 0 | 5 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 25 |
| Final exam | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 14 | 7 | 98 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 8 | 7 | 56 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Total Workload | 44 | 51 | 270 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Being able to use mathematics, science, and engineering information to develop new methods in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 2. Being able to search information in Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine fields and to reach, to evaluate and to comment on this information | X | ||||
| 3. Being able to make supplements to the literature and to develop a skill for presenting their studies fluently in written and oral forms in national and international media. | X | ||||
| 4. To have a Professional ethics and social responsibility. | X | ||||
| 5. By adopting the importance of lifetime learning in principle, actively following the developments in novel technological applications with databases and other sources. | X | ||||
| 6. Being able to choose and to use techniques, devices and software with the suitable information and communication Technologies in order to solve engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 7. To communicate in oral and written forms in a foreign language at least in the C1 grade level of European Language Portfolio in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 8. Being able to design experiments, to do experimentation, to analyze and evaluate experimental results and to prepare a report to present. | X | ||||
| 9. Being able to do within discipline and interdisciplinary teamwork | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest