Advanced Experimental Tecniques on Condensed Matter

Recommended Prerequisites

Intermediate knowledge in Condensed Matter Physics.

Teaching Methods

The different topics will be presented in seminars covering the variety of analytical techniques. Learning will take place mostly in the laboratory, where the students will perform a set of practical work assignments. Most of the work will take place at TAIL - UC (Trace Analysis and Imaging Laboratory of the University of Coimbra), hosted at the Physics department, where most of the analytical techniques are available and at other laboratories of the UC Physics and Chemistry departments.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims at providing the students with a number of technical skills for the characterisation of materials, including those related to sample preparation and the most common analytical techniques in Condensed Matter Physics reserch (materials characterisation with regard to structure, microstructure, electric, optical and magnetic properties). Learning of such skills will take place in the context of research laboratories. The student should be able, facing a research problem, to identify the relevant analytical techniques for the characterisation of materials relevant to that specific problem. The student should be aware about the ultimate capacities, but also the limitations, of the most common analytical techniques.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Três módulos dos cinco seguintes, escolhidos pelo aluno, com o apoio do supervisor, e sujeitos a aprovação prévia:

Módulo A: Técnicas de Difracção
XRD (técnicas em monocristal, policristal ), SAXS, dispersão de neutrões e radiação de sincrotrão. Texturas e tensões residuais.

Módulo B: Técnicas de Interacções Hiperfinas
Espectroscopia Mossbauer, correlações angulares perturbadas (PAC) e muSR.

Módulo C: Técnicas Espectroscópicas
Espectroscopia VIS/UV, de infravermelho, RAMAN, XRF. Espectroscopia de massa, ressonância magnética nuclear (MNR) e ressonância de spin electrónico (EPR).

Módulo D:  Medidas de Transporte, Magnetização e Calorimetria
Fundamentos de criogenia. Medidas de susceptibilidade e magnetização (DC e AC). Resistividade e magnetoresistência, poder termoeléctrico e condutividade térmica. Calor específico. Calorimetria DSC e DSC/TG.

Módulo E: Microscopia
Microscopia óptica, electrónica (SEM e TEM), microscopia AFM/STM. Microscopia de infravermelho. Mapeamento XRF

Head Lecturer(s)

Manuela Ramos Marques da Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Elements of Modern X-Ray Physics, J. Als-Nielsen, D. McMorrow, Wiley. ISBN: 0470973943

Modern electronic instrumentation and measurement techniques, Albert D. Helfrick, William D. Cooper, ISBN: 0135932947

Practical guide to ICP-MS: a tutorial for beginners, Robert Thomas, ISBN: 1466555432

Infrared Spectroscopy, fundamentals and applications, Barbara Stuart, ISBN 9780470854280

X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and related techniques; an introduction, Eva Margui, Rene Van Grieken, ISBN: 9781606503911

Introduction to X-ray powder diffractometry, Ron Jenkins, Robert Snyder, ISBN: 0471513393

Atomic force microscopy, Peter Eaton, Paul West, ISBN: 9780199570454

The handbook of cryogenic engineering, J.G. Weisend, ISBN: 1560323329

Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis, Joseph Goldstein, Dale E. Newbury, David C. Joy and Charles E. Lyman, ISBN-10: 0306472929