Obiettivi Formativi

Provide experimental skills in soft matter physics focusing the attention to polymers, gels, hydrogen bonded liquids and host guest systems. To provide ability to analyze and interpret the results of experiments concerning the physics of condensed matter. Use of investigative tools for the study of structural properties and dynamics of condensed matter, based on photonic and electronic probes operating on different spatio-temporal scales.

Learning Goals

Provide experimental skills in soft matter physics focusing the attention to polymers, gels, hydrogen bonded liquids and host guest systems. To provide ability to analyze and interpret the results of experiments concerning the physics of condensed matter. Use of investigative tools for the study of structural properties and dynamics of condensed matter, based on photonic and electronic probes operating on different spatio-temporal scales.

Metodi didattici

Lectures and practicals in laboratory

Teaching Methods

Lectures and practicals in laboratory

Prerequisiti

Thorough knowledge of Quantum Physics and Statistical Mechanics.

Prerequisites

Thorough knowledge of Quantum Physics and Statistical Mechanics.

Verifiche dell'apprendimento

Interview with a report on an experiment

Assessment

Interview with a report on an experiment

Programma del Corso

- Analyzers and radiation detectors. - The revelation of the energy levels: an introduction to spectroscopy. The atomic and molecular structure. - The molecular symmetry. The classification of molecules according to symmetry. - The determination of the molecular structure by rotational and vibrational spectra. The experimental techniques. Radiation sources. The dispersing element. The techniques based on Fourier transform. Detectors. - The Raman and infrared absorption. The intensity and width of spectral lines. Molecular vibrations. The selection rules. The anharmonicity. - The electronic transitions. Fluorescence and Phosphorescence. The X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy - Practicals in laboratory with the acquisition, processing and interpretation of experimental data by: 1) infrared absorption spectroscopy. 2) Raman Spectroscopy 3) XRF (X-ray Fluorescence).

Course Syllabus

- Analyzers and radiation detectors. - The revelation of the energy levels: an introduction to spectroscopy. The atomic and molecular structure. - The molecular symmetry. The classification of molecules according to symmetry. - The determination of the molecular structure by rotational and vibrational spectra. The experimental techniques. Radiation sources. The dispersing element. The techniques based on Fourier transform. Detectors. - The Raman and infrared absorption. The intensity and width of spectral lines. Molecular vibrations. The selection rules. The anharmonicity. - The electronic transitions. Fluorescence and Phosphorescence. The X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy - Practicals in laboratory with the acquisition, processing and interpretation of experimental data by: 1) infrared absorption spectroscopy. 2) Raman Spectroscopy 3) XRF (X-ray Fluorescence).