Syllabus
- Introduction. Goals of studies. What is the potential of the most important methods. Which techniques and approaches are available. Which information we want to get and how we can get it ?
- Basic principles of Experimental techniques - crystallization, distillation, pH measurement, rectification
- Definitions of experimental techniques - Spectroscopy, Chromatography, Diffraction, Microscopy, NMR, Electrochemical methods, Calorimetry, Surface methods.
- Diffraction - principles of the method, which problems could be solved, X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction, neutron diffraction - different setup, synchrotron. Powder vs. monocrystal techniques.
- Spectroscopy - IR, UV-vis, Raman. Principles of the techniques, information to be extracted. Experimental arrangement, in situ - operando
- (Magic angle spinning) Nuclear magnetic resonance - basic principles and applications - liquid vs. solid phase
- Separation and Chromatography - principles, applications. Gas chromatography, Liquid chromatography, Size exclusion chromatography
- Mass spectrometry - Electrochemical methods
- Microscopy - Principles of Microscopy. Scanning Probe Microscopy, Scanning and Transmission Electron microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy. General introduction, basic mechanisms of imaging
- Microscopy - SPM and chemistry, chemical identification, molecular charge states, on-surface reactions and molecular manipulation
- Photoemission methods - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger spectroscopy
Annotation
The course Experimental Methods in Chemistry aims to provide a general introduction to the principles and methods, which are basically applied in chemical laboratory.
The course set the knowledge base for understanding of the principles of different experimental techniques starting with crystallization, distillation, or pH measurement, up to diffraction methods, microscopy, various spectroscopic techniques, nuclear magnetic resonance, etc.
The course also covers separation methods including chromatography, electrochemical methods or calorimetry.