Individual course details
Study programme Computer and applied physics
Chosen research area (module) Metrology
Nature and level of studies Undergraduate studies
Name of the course Measuring - Instrumental Techniques
Professor (lectures) Rastko Vasilic
Professor/associate (examples/practical) Rastko Vasilic
Professor/associate (additional) Rastko Vasilic
ECTS 4 Status (required/elective) required
Access requirements none
Aims of the course Instrumental analysis/techniques for studying solids introductory course
Learning outcomes Students are able to identify and partially operate characterization techniques that are often found in scientific labs. 
Contents of the course
Lectures 1. Intorduction: types and classification of instrumental analysis methods. 2. Optical spectroscopy: components of optical instrumentation, sources of radiation, wavelength selectors, detectors. UV-Vis-NIR molecular spectroscopy: quantitative aspect of absorption measuremen, instrumentation for absorption measurement, practical applications. 4. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. 5. Fluorescence, phosphorescence and chemiluminescence: principles and instrumentation. 6. Atomic absorption spectroscopy (flame and electrothermal atomization). 7. Infrared absorption spectroscopy: theory, IR sources and detectors, IR devices. 8. Raman spectroscopy. 9. NMR spectroscopy. 10. X-ray spectroscopy: fluorescence, diffraction, and absorption. 11. Mass spectroscopy. 12. Ellipsometry. 13. Electron emission spectroscopy. 14. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Scanning probe microscopy. 
Examples/ practical classes Laboratroy excersies/demonstration are following lectures. 
Recommended books
1 D.A. Skoog, F.J. Holler, T.A. Nieman, Principles of instrumental analysis, 5th ed, BrooksCole, 1998
2 V. Jokanovic, Instrumental methods - a key for understanding nanotechnology, Albos, 2014
3 S. Mentus, Lj. Damjanovic, Physicho-chemical analysis, Faculty of physical chemistry, 2015
4 Y. Leng, Materials characterization-introduction to microscopic and spectroscopic methods, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2008.
5  
Number of classes (weekly)
Lectures Examples&practicals   Student project Additional
2 2     1
Teaching and learning methods Lectures, laboratory excersies / demonstrations, hands-on experience 
Assessment (maximal 100)
assesed coursework mark examination mark
coursework 10 written examination 40
practicals 10 oral examination 10
quizzes 10    
mid term exam 20