Learning objectives
Students will acquire the essential notions to enable them to use laboratory spectroscopy techniques, and will be able to identify pigments and/or minerals from Raman or FT-IT measurements independently and from comparison with spectroscopy databases.
Prerequisites
Students must have taken the following courses: Experimental Physics and Introduction to Modern Physics.
Course unit content
Vibrational Spectroscopy Techniques
Full programme
Optics – Interferences and diffraction – Spectroscopy techniques and instruments – Simple experiments in spectrum analysis – UV and VIS absorption – Vibrational spectroscopy techniques: Raman and FT-IR, MicroRaman and FT-IR ATR – Case studies – Minerals, pigments, colourants.
Bibliography
Notes and reading suggestions provided by the teacher.
Teaching methods
Classroom lectures and experiments both in teaching and research laboratories (Raman and FT-IR).
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation of a written report on a proposed experiment and follow-up identifying types of pigments in artefacts by means of vibrational spectroscopy.
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