一、課程說明(Course Description)

General course information:

Course title/number: Analytical techniques in materials chemistry / CHEM5430

Time: R2R3R4

Location: 化學館 326 教室

Credit: 3



Instructor information:

Name: 楊家銘（Chia-Min Yang）

Office: 化二館 225A 室

Ext: 31282

e-mail: cmyang@mx.nthu.edu.tw



Contents of the course:

1) Introduction to techniques for surface analysis

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), low energy electron diffraction

(LEED), scanning probe microscopy (SPM)



2) X-ray diffraction (XRD)

Principles of X-ray crystallography, powder X-ray diffraction



3) X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)

Principles of X-ray absorption spectroscopy, experimental methods and data analysis



4) Gas physisorption analysis

Fundamentals of physisorption, BET method, BJH method, t-plot analysis



5) Electron microscopies and related analytical techniques

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray

spectrometry (EDS), electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS)





二、指定用書(Text Books)

Not available.





三、參考書籍(References)



General

D. Brandon and W. D. Kaplan, "Microstructural Characterization of Materials", 2nd ed., Wiley, 2008.



Surface analysis

J. C. Vickerman and I. S. Gilmore (eds.), "Surface Analysis-The Principal Techniques", 2nd ed., Wiley, 2009 .



X-ray diffraction

1. J. P. Glusker and K. N. Trueblood, "Crystal Structure Analysis-A Primer", 3rd ed., Oxford University Press,

2010.

2. C. Giacovazzo, (ed.), "Fundamentals of Crystallography", Oxford University Press, 1992.

3. W. David et al. (eds.), "Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction Data", Oxford University Press,

2002.



X-ray absorption spectroscopy

1. B. K. Teo, "EXAFS: Basic Principles and Data Analysis", Springer-Verlag, 1986.

2. G. Bunker, “Introduction to XAFS: A Practical Guide to X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy”,

Cambridge University Press, 2010.

3. Y. Iwasawa et al. (eds.), “XAFS Techniques for Catalysts, Nanomaterials, and Surfaces”, Springer, 2017.



Gas physisorption

S. Lowell et al., “Characterization of Porous Solids and Powders: Surface Area, Pore Size and Density”,

Springer, 2004.



Electron microscopy

1. D. B. Williams and C. B. Carter, "Transmission Electron Microscopy – A Textbook for Materials Science", 2nd

ed., Springer, 2009.

2. C. B. Carter et al. (eds.), " Transmission Electron Microscopy: Diffraction, Imaging, and Spectrometry ",

Springer, 2016.

3. J. I. Goldstein et al., “Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis”, 4th ed., Springer, 2017.





四、教學方式(Teaching Method)

Lectures (PowerPoint)





五、教學進度(Syllabus)

1. Introduction to surface analysis, XPS, AES

2. LEED, SPM

3. Introduction to diffraction analysis

4. XRD

5. XAS

6. Gas physisorption

7. SEM, EDS

8. TEM, EELS





六、成績考核(Evaluation)

Midterm exam (40%)

Final exam (50%)

Term paper (10%)



七、可連結之網頁位址

Not available.