Chemistry strongly benefits from technological advances that accelerate progress in the design and development of new compounds and materials, as well as in understanding their composition, properties, and behavior.
In this course, students undertake a guided research project that serves as a framework to explore both the scientific principles and technological aspects of advanced instrumentation routinely used in modern chemistry laboratories. Through this project, students gain hands-on experience with key analytical techniques.
These include methods for structural characterization of materials at the nanoscale (e.g., Scanning Electron Microscopy, Scanning Probe Microscopy) and at the macroscale (e.g., X-ray diffraction). A visit to the Synchrotron radiation facility Soleil may also be organized, providing exposure to state-of-the-art characterization tools.
