X-ray Diffraction Lab
Introduction to X-ray Diffraction

Lab Report Guidelines

Write a short (3-4 pages) report describing your findings. Remember, you are writing the report for a scientific paper to be submitted to Applied Physics Letters or Physical Review Letters. The report has to include the following:

1. Title
2. Authors
3. Abstract
4. Introduction
5. Experimental Part
6. Results
7. Discussions
8. Conclusion/Summary
9. Literature

Parts 6 and 7 can be combined. Paper should include Figures and/or Tables if they necessary to make your point. All Figures/Tables shown in the report have to be mentioned in the text.

Sample articles:
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3

Ferroelectricity vs Tetragonality paper
PbTiO3 thin films

Please use the articles I provided as a guide for your report. Also you can find many more papers online (accessible only from Stanford computers) at:

http://library.stanford.edu/ejournals

You are welcome to talk with me if you have questions or problems with the report.

Useful tools

S values