Lecturer: Tobias Cramer (Unibo)
Duration: 12 hours
Dates:
7 Nov 2023, 9am -11am, Sala Riunioni, 1st floor, via Irnerio 46
10 Nov 2023, 9am-11am, Sala Riunioni, 1st floor, via Irnerio 46
14 Nov 2023, 9am-1pm, Lab AFM B009
17 Nov 2023, 9am-1pm, Lab AFM B009
Learning outcomes: Structuring materials at nanoscale dimensions provides novel means to tune material properties with important opportunities for different applications such as quantum-computing, bio-interfaces or solar energy conversion. The confinement of materials into nanometric dimensions impacts on their structural, mechanical and electrical properties. However, measuring these properties at small length scales provides novel challenges to characterization experiments. In this PhD course we will start with a brief overview of the topic of nanoscale characterization and then detail on a selected advanced technique. Possible examples are atomic force microscopy, electron microscopy, optoelectronic spectroscopies or X-ray spectroscopies. The lectures will focus on the experimental details and laboratory practice. When possible, laboratory experiments combined with data analysis will be conducted to provide students the practical means to exploit the discussed technique in their PhD projects or later research activities.