MATS6002
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
Students will investigate different methods and technologies employed in materials characterisation, including diffraction, microscopy, spectroscopy and chromatography. Each technique will be explored in terms of its applicability and suitability for different characterisation tasks. Students will develop hands-on experience with characterisation equipment, while becoming familiar with safe working practices in a laboratory environment.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Work safely and professionally in a laboratory environment.
2. Explain the scientific principles underpinning technologies and techniques used in nanomaterials characterisation.
3. Plan, organise and deliver a short oral presentation to explain complex information to an audience with low scientific literacy.
4. Apply crystallography, electron microscopy, and spectroscopy techniques for obtaining the phase information, composition and structure of materials.
5. Integrate scientific literature and laboratory findings to select optimal material characterisation equipment for given characterisation problem.
Content
- Electron and neutron diffractions
- Electron microscopy (Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM))
- Spectroscopy (Fourier transformation-infrared spectroscopy, Raman, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, Soft and hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS))
- Chromatography (Liquid chromatography and gas chromatography)
- Other analysis technique (Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Thermal gravity analysis- differential scanning calorimetry (TGA-DSC), Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD), etc.)
- Writing for effective communication and impact
Assumed knowledge
Fundamental knowledge of Physics or Chemistry.
Assessment items
Quiz: Professionalism in a laboratory environment
Presentation: The science of material characterisation technologies
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Quantifying material properties
Written Assignment: The guidelines of Equipment Selection, Operation and Characterisation
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Lecture-2
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- MATS6002 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 316.4 KB)
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