Physical and chemical analyses of materials

Summary

This course will cover the fundamentals and practical aspects of advanced material characterization methods, with a focus on inorganic materials. Students will become familiar with spectroscopy and electron microscopy techniques.

Content

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Identify he main materials characterization techniques
• Interpret their results
• Select appropriately the most suitable methods for a given material and research challenge
• Recognize the strengths and limitations of each technique

Assessment methods

The assessment will be made by two components:

• Small group presentation on a material challenge of their choice (pre-approved by the instructor) and a suitable characterization technique to study such challenge, worth 30% of the final grade
• Written exam worth 70% of the final grade

Supervision

Office hours	No
Assistants	No
Others	Questions to the teacher during the course

Resources

Bibliography

Brundle, C.R.; Evans Jr., C.A.; Wilson, S. Encyclopedia of Materials Characterization: Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Films. 1st ed. Butterworth-Heinemann / Elsevier, 1992. ISBN 978-0-08-052360-6.

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Find the reference at the Library

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/CH-410