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Reflection, Refraction & Diffraction

The site explains what happen to electromagnetic waves when it is transmitted and come in contact with a boundary.

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp//kap13/cd372.htm

Materials Science

Explains difference between different types of crystals and talks about various topics such as x-ray diffraction, microscopy and polymers.

http://msm.cam.ac.uk/doitpoms/tlplib/index.php

Two-Slit With Diffraction

This java applet demonstrates a double-slit experiment in which the different variables can be adjusted.

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp//kap27/Gary-TwoSlit/app.htm

Diffraction of Sound

An interesting site, with good diagrams, explaining how sound can be diffracted and how this affects what you hear.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/diffrac.html#c1

Max Theodor Felix von Laue

Biography of Max von Laue (1879 -1960), who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays on crystals.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1914/laue-bio.html

Reflection of Light

Explains law of reflection including interactive Java tutorials. Links to ideas of fluorescence, diffraction, polarization, scattering and virtual microscopy.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/lightandcolor/reflection.html

Youngs Double Slit Experiment

One of the most important experiments of wave theory is that of Young's double slits. It is a clear example of the diffraction of light conducted with essentially basic scientific equipment.

http://www.strings.ph.qmul.ac.uk/~bigdraw/doubleslit/slide1.html

What DNA Actually Looks Like

An electron microscope has successfully imaged a single strand of DNA.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/what-dna-actually-looks-like/265713/

The Physics of Light and Color

An in depth guide to light, optics and colour, covering wave particle duality, reflection, refraction, waves, diffraction, polarisation, birefringence, colour temperature, human perception and more.

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