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COURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

Teaching Schedule

References/Teaching Materials/
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
Equipment
1 Introduction. Electron and molecular spectroscopy. Lecture Notes and Ref

2
FTIR Spectroscopy Lecture Notes and Ref

3
UV-Vis Spectroscopy Lecture Notes and Ref

4 Thermal analysis techniques: DSC, DTA, TGA etc
Lecture Notes and Ref

5 Thermal analysis techniques: DSC, DTA, TGA etc
Lecture Notes and Ref

X-ray diffraction: properties, production and detection of x-ray in the
6 context of diffraction technique Lecture Notes and Ref

7 X-ray diffraction: structure factor calculations. Factors governing dif-
fracted intensity in powder method Lecture Notes and Ref

X-ray diffraction: Application of X-ray diffraction in typical materials
8
science and engineering problems e.g., phase identification, crystallite Lecture Notes and Ref
size measurement in nanomaterials, structural investigation etc
9 Electron beam-solid interactions and principles of scanning electron
microscopy (SEM) Lecture Notes and Ref

SEM: image formation and operation of SEM, resolution and depth of
10 field, generation of secondary and backscattered signals, contrast etc. Lecture Notes and Ref

11 Micro analysis: principles. Energy dispersive and wave length disper-
sive x-ray spectroscopy. Quantitative analysis and ZAF correction. Lecture Notes and Ref

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM): Principles of image for-
12 mation in a TEM. Contrast mechanisms: mass-thickness contrast and
diffraction contrast. Lecture Notes and Ref

13 TEM: Electron diffraction. Spot patterns, analysis of single crystal and
polycrystalline patterns. Micro/nano analysis in TEM. Lecture Notes and Ref

TEM: Electron diffraction. Spot patterns, analysis of single crystal and
14 polycrystalline patterns. Micro/nano analysis in TEM. Lecture Notes and Ref

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