Course: Materials Characterization for Materials Science

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Course title Materials Characterization for Materials Science
Course code UAFM/C301A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Drašar Čestmír, prof. Ing. Dr.
  • Pálka Karel, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Bouška Marek, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Němec Petr, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Střižík Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Halenkovič Tomáš, Ing. PhD.
  • Janíček Petr, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Dohnalová Žaneta, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vlček Miroslav, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Holčapek Michal, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kucek Vladimír, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Černý Michal, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Podzimek Štěpán, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Shánělová Jana, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Jirásko Robert, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1 + 2) X-ray diffraction and its utilization. Structure of matter, lattice, crystal systems and Bravais cells. Origin of X-rays, its monochromatization and detection. Bragg equation. Laue's conditions. Reciprocal lattice. Measurement of transport properties (electrical and thermal conductivity), measurement of magnetic properties. Instrument design and measurement principles. 3) UV-VIS spectroscopy and its utilization. Spectrophotometers - instrument design and spectra measurement procedures. Optical methods of thin film characterization: optical transmission and reflectivity, spectroscopic ellipsometry. Profilometry. 4) Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy - principles, spectrophotometers, applications. Fourier transform and its utilization Raman spectroscopy. Basic principles. Experimental techniques of Raman spectroscopy. 5) Emission spectroscopy (fluorescence and phosphorescence). Excitation energy transfer. Instrument design and measurement procedures. 6 + 7) Theory for Nuclear magnetic resonance. Nuclear spin behavior in magnetic field, resonance, shielding, shift, relaxation. NMR spectrometers and methods of measurement. Utilization of NMR. Electron paramagnetic (spin) resonance. Origin of EPR signal. Parameters of EPR spectra. EPR spectrometers and EPR applications for study of material properties. Optothermal experimental methods. Photoacoustics and photoacoustic spectroscopy and microscopy. Possibilities of application in thin film studies. 8) Mechanical properties. Elastic and plastic deformation. Measurement and evaluation of material hardness. Strength, yield strength. Impact bending test. Fracture mechanics Characterization of polymer materials 9) Optical and electron microscopy. Experimental methods and applications. Chemical composition analysis using EDX. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) - principles and applications 10) Thermal analysis methods (DSC, DTA, thermal gravimetry). Principles of methods, instrumentation. 11) Mass spectrometry. Principles of the method, basic concepts. Mass spectrum. Ionization techniques. Mass analyzers. Application of mass spectrometry. 12) Methods of characterization of powder materials - particle morphology and size, surface of powder materials, determination of particle size distribution. 13) Rutheford back scattering, slow and scattered ion spectroscopy, SIMS. Photoelectron spectroscopies - XPS, UPS, EXAFS.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to teach students to orient in the methods used for the characterization of materials and their properties and to learn the principles of these methods, which they may encounter in practice.
After completing this course, the student is familiar with current methods used to characterize materials and their properties. It is competent to decide on the choice of a suitable method of studying their structure, respectively. Properties
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

During the oral exam, the level of acquired knowledge, concepts and application skills is examined
Recommended literature
  • Brown M.E. Handbook of thermal analysis and calorimetry. Elsevier Science B.V, Amsterdam, 1998.. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V, 1998.
  • de Hoffmann E., Stroobant V. Mass Spectrometry - Principles and Applications. Second Ed., Wiley, 2002..
  • Dinnebier R.E., Billinge S.J.L. Powder diffraction: Theory and practice. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge 2009.
  • Drago R.S. Physical methods for chemists. Surfside Scientific Publishers: Gainesville, 1977.
  • Gaisford S., Kett V., Haines P. Principles of thermal analysiss and calorimetry. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2016.
  • Günther H. NMR Spectroscopy: Basic Principles, Concepts and Applications in Chemistry, 3rd Edition, 2013..
  • Hines P.J. Principles of thermal analysis and calorimetry. Cambridge: United Kingdom, 2002.
  • Kolektiv autorů. Elektronická verze přednášek předmětu. 2020.
  • Leng Y. Materials Characterization: Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods, 2013..
  • Merkus H.G. Particle size measuremets. Springer, 2009.


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