Diffraction has proven immensely successful when it comes to developing an understanding of the structure and properties of a wide range of functional materials. At its core lies the assumption that crystalline materials may be considered periodic. However, many crystalline materials are at least to some degree disordered, which means that diffraction does not probe the true structure of these materials.

In his research, Kristoffer Støckler has used x-ray and neutron scattering methods to characterise the real structure of disordered crystalline materials whereby the chemical and physical mechanisms responsible for the disorder have been uncovered. Knowledge of these mechanisms is important for the potential of using disorder engineering as an approach to functional material design.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Thursday, 28 November 2024 at 13:15
Place: Building 1533, room 103, Auditorium E, Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116, 8000 Aarhus
Title of PhD thesis: Chemistry of Disordered Crystals
Contact information: Kristoffer Andreas Holm Støckler, e-mail: kristoffer@chem.au.dk, tel.: +45 42309264
Members of the assessment committee:
Associate Professor Arkadiy Simonov, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Senior Physicist Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory, the United States of America
Associate Professor Tobias Weidner (chair), Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
Main supervisor:
Professor Bo Brummerstedt Iversen, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C