ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Physics, Particle Physics
Areas: Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The objective of the course is to provide students with a practical and experimental vision of the properties and structure of matter at both the macro and micromolecular levels. Each topic will be introduced covering the fundamental theory behind the experimental and analytical techniques used in the laboratories. Students will become familiar with a significant number of characterization techniques and instruments. They will learn to analyze and interpret the experimental data obtained. They will also learn the strengths and weaknesses of the different processes and techniques. Bridging the different experimental techniques around a central topic (the subject) will allow students to obtain a better understanding of the structure-property relationships of the problem/matter in question.
Thermal methods. Introduction and application of thermal analysis. Thermogravimetry (TGA). Differential thermal analysis (DTA). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Thermo-mechanical analysis (TM).
Optical molecular spectroscopies. Visible infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy. Infrared absorption spectra. Dispersive infrared spectrophotometer. Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR). Non-visible and ultraviolet absorption spectrum. Fluorescence and phosphorescence. Raman spectroscopy.
Atomic spectroscopies. Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopies. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. X-ray photoluminescence spectroscopy (XPS). Nuclear magnetic resonance.
Diffraction methods. Basic concepts. X-ray diffraction. Electron diffraction. Neutron diffraction.
Microscopic methods. Brewsted angle microscopy (BAM). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Confocal microscopy. Tunnel effect microscopy (STM). Atomic force microscopy (AFM).
Mechanical properties. Viscosity and rheology.
Electrical and magnetic properties. Electrical conductivity, Hall effect, magnetoresistance, and AC and DC magnetic susceptibility measurement techniques
Basic literature:
- Introducción a la Ciencia de Materiales: Técnicas de preparación y caracterización. Albella, J. M; Cintas, A. M.; Miranda, T.; Serratosa, J. M. Editorial CSIC, 1993.
Addtional literature:
-Theory of Calorimetry. W Zielenkiewicz, E Margas. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
-The structure and rheology of complex fluids. R. G. Larson.Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Fundamentals of crystals: symmetry and methods of structural crystallography, B.K.Vainshtein (Springer, 1994)
- Introducción a la física del estado sólido, Charles Kittel (Reverté, 1993)
- Scanning electron microscopy: physics of image formation and microanalysis, L. Reimer, (Springer, cop. 1998)
- The operation of transmission and scanning electron microscopes, D. Chescoe (Oxford, 1990)
- Scanning tunneling microscopy and related methods. Eds.: R.J. Behm et al. (Kluwer, 1990)
At the time of approving this teaching program, and considering the possibility of teaching the topic in scenarios 2 or 3, the process of requesting and acquiring new electronic bibliographic material is in process. Thus, the teaching staff of the subject will specify in the Virtual Campus what bibliographic material will be available in electronic format in the USC library, when these funds are available.
Basic, transversal and general skills
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the latest knowledge and reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will have to be largely self-directed or autonomous.
General competences
CG01 - Acquire the ability to carry out research work as a team.
CG02 - Have the capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CG03 - Acquire the ability to write scientific texts, articles or reports in accordance with publication standards.
CG04 - Become familiar with the different modalities used for the dissemination of results and the dissemination of knowledge in scientific meetings.
CG05 - Apply knowledge to solve complex problems.
Transversal skills
CT1 – To acquire analysis and synthesis capacity.
CT2 – To have the capacity for organization and planning.
Specific skills
CE08 - Acquire an in-depth knowledge of the structure of matter in the low energy regime and its characterization.
CE09 - Master the necessary set of tools so that you can analyze the different states in which the subject can be presented.
In summary, at the end of this course the student should be able to select and correctly apply the appropriate experimental tools for the analysis and characterization of different materials.
During the theory lectures the basic concepts will be explained, and these will be then further developed in depth by the students in the interactive lectures and practices. Students have to actively participate in the teaching process being advised from the beginning by the teacher. In the interactive lectures the analysis of a phenomenon or the obtaining of some specific results based on microfluidics will be proposed to the students, and they should seek the most appropriate methodology to carry out the analyzes and/or contrast the suitability of the results obtained. Subsequently, students should discuss with the teacher and other classmates the advances and results in detail.
The evaluation system will be based on a continuous evaluation, which will consist of carrying out various works that will be proposed in the lectures or on the electronic platforms available.
The student's marks at the first opportunity will correspond to the weighted average of the qualifications obtained in the continuous assessment work.
Students who do not pass the continuous assessment qualification may take the corresponding official exam.
Theoretical teaching 13 h
Interactive teaching 2 h
Laboratory practical teaching 15 h
Individual tutoring of students 1 h
Students' personal work and other activities 44 h
Previous knowledge of physics, chemistry and chemistry-physics is necessary.
Tutorials will be online or in person, and will require an appointment
Jesus Manuel Mosqueira Rey
- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Phone
- 881814025
- j.mosqueira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Juan Manuel Ruso Veiras
Coordinador/a- Department
- Applied Physics
- Area
- Applied Physics
- Phone
- 881814042
- juanm.ruso [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Pablo Taboada Antelo
- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Phone
- 881814111
- pablo.taboada [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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