KFC/SPM2 Spectroscopic Methods 2

Lecturer: Karolína Machalová Šišková
Lecture: 2 hours/week + seminar 2 hours/week
Credits: 4
Summer semester
Form of course completion: exam

• Mass spectroscopy (MS) – principle and application; experimental setup; types of ionization; mass analyzers; MS detectors; MS spectrum; molecular ion and its fragmentation; effect of natural isotopes
• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) – principle and exploitation; magnetic properties of atoms and molecules; relaxation; chemical shifts and spin-spin splitting; instrumentation in NMR; monitoring of chemical exchange due to NMR
• Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) – principle and exploitation; experimental setup; spin-orbital and spin-spin interactions in EPR
• Roentgen spectrometry – theoretical basics; application of primary Roentgen radiation; application of secondary Roentgen radiation (Roentgen fluorescence spectrometry); exploitation of X-ray absorption (Roentgen absorption spectrometry); X-ray diffraction (crystals, powders, liquid crystals)
• Basics of electron spectroscopy – principles and applications: photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, UPS); Auger electron spectroscopy (X-AES, E-AES)
• Basics of X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF)
• Basics of laser spectrometry – principle of laser; significant types and examples of lasers; laser spectroscopy – linear, nonlinear and special methods
• Neutron diffraction and neutron activation analysis (NAA) – principles; experimental setup; applications