Week - 1 |
Optical spectrum: Radiation Sources, Material-Radiation Interactions |
Week - 2 |
X-Ray Diffraction (XRD): Grazing Incidence X-Ray Diffraction (GI-XRD) |
Week - 3 |
In-Plane X-Ray Diffraction (IP-XRD); |
Week - 4 |
X-Ray Reflectivity (XRR) |
Week - 5 |
Take-home Exam (small coding project) |
Week - 6 |
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) |
Week - 7 |
Raman Spectroscopy; Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) |
Week - 8 |
Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis-NIR) |
Week - 9 |
Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Spectroscopy |
Week - 10 |
Mid-term Exam (classical) |
Week - 11 |
THz-Time Domain Spectroscopy (THz-TDS) |
Week - 12 |
Material Examples: Phase Transition Materials; Smart Materials |
Week - 13 |
Material Examples: Surface-Plasmon-Supporting Materials; Optical Absorbance Materials. |
Week - 14 |
Final Exam (oral presentation) |