509027 - SPECTROSCOPY OF MATERIALS

courses

ID:

509027

Duration (hours):

64

CFU:

SSD:

FISICA DELLA MATERIA

Year:

2025

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 09/01/2026)

Course Objectives

Illustrate the physical bases and experimental procedures typical of solid-state spectroscopies, in relation to the different types of materials and their applications. The aim of the course is to provide the student with the critical ability to choose the most appropriate procedures and techniques for the study of the material under examination, to analyze its structural, compositional, optical, electronic and vibrational properties.

Course Prerequisites

Basics of Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, and Physics and Chemistry of matter. Knowledge of basics in solid state physics (outcome of the corresponding courses).

Teaching Methods

The course program includes both lectures and laboratory experiments on the materials of interest for basic and applied research.

Assessment Methods

Oral examination. In the first part the student must demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the topics covered in the course and not included in the below presentation. In the second part, the student presents in a concise way his own report on the results of a spectroscopic methodology/technique (among those discussed, making use of one or more scientific publications, agreed with the teachers at least 15days before), proving to know the physical fundamentals, the involved materials and the experimental issues faced.

Texts

H. Kuzmany Solid State Spectroscopy: an introduction (Springer 2009)
Handbook of Spectroscopy, G. Gauglitz & T. Vo-Dinh editors (Wiley, 2003)
and other material provided by the teachers.

After recalling the principles of radiation-matter interaction, the fundamental concepts of spectroscopy are introduced. Some optical spectroscopies, related equipment and applications in the study of specific materials are then illustrated. In particular, the following will be described: X-ray diffraction and fluorescence, reflectance, transmittance, absorbance with spectrophotometers; spectroscopic ellipsometry; Raman scattering and SERS, emission and excitation luminescence spectroscopy; electronic paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Complementary techniques for topographic and morphological imaging, such as scanning probe microscopies (electron, force, and electric-magnetic probes) are also presented.

Course Language

Italian

More information

Students who can benefit from inclusive teaching methods (see portal.unipv.it/it/didattica/servizi-lo-studente/modalita-didattiche-inclusive) will be able to take advantage of teaching material and video recordings available on KIRO course webpage. They are invited to contact the teachers to schedule online meetings and any group activity.