ScopeM - CCMX course
Advanced Characterization of Materials at Micro-, Nano- and Atomic Scale
Registration deadline 21 October. Please note that a maximum of 24 students can be admitted.
Course Overview
Material Characterization is an indispensable part of any technological development and any research. The fabrication of new materials, the optimization of existing solutions to specific purposes, analyses of material failure, etc. , all rely on establishing and understanding the intrinsic interconnection between the material build-up and its performance.
The large body of material characterization techniques uses radiation as a tool. Laboratory instruments and large-scale facilities such as synchrotrons employ electrons, neutrons, x-rays or ions to irradiate a specimen and analyze the outcome. Elastic and inelastic interactions of radiation and the matter result in scattering of primary radiation or generation of secondary signals. The resolute detection and understanding of the nature of events are fundamental for the instrumentation, the usage and, most importantly, for data interpretation.
The main goal of this course is to present the bulk of the information on radiation-based techniques regularly employed for material characterization in physics, material science and technology. The course is composed of lectures and demonstrations on the instruments given by experts in the field.
The fundamentals, workflow, limitations, and advantages of each technique over possible alternatives are supported by extensive information on the specimen preparation routines that ensure the reliability of a corresponding data set. The complexity of data evaluation routes, the available solutions and open-source algorithms are presented in the lectures and demonstrated during the instrumental visits.
Advanced, most up-to-date experimental developments in each field are presented and discussed during the course. The lecturers and the instrument visit scientists are open to discussions on your specific scientific questions and welcome you to contact them also after the course with your scientific needs.
Date and Location
4th – 7th of November 2024, ETHZ Hönggerberg
Course fee
PhD students from EPFL, ETH Zurich: 480 CHF
PhD students from other institutions and other academic participants: 780 CHF
All other participants: 2'000 CHF
Programme, registration and further information
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