Modern Experimental Methods of Physics in the Natural Sciences (1102)

Doc.dr. sc. Hrvoje Brkić
Doc.dr.sc. Mladen Kasabašić

Prof.dr.sc. Dario Faj

Acquire theoretical knowledge and develop experimental skills in the application of modern experimental methods of physics in biology, chemistry and medicine.

The basics of vacuum physics. The basics of low-temperature physics. Methods for the deposition of thin films. Methods of preparation of burst patterns. Sol-gel method. Glass. Ceramics. Composite materials. Nanomaterials. X-ray diffraction. Lasers. Raman spectroscopy. Infrared spectroscopy. Absorption spectroscopy. Photoluminescence. Florescence. Phosphorescence. Ellipsometry.
Optical microscopy. Confocal microscopy. Transmission and search electron microscopy. Search Tunnel Microscopy (STM). Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Search near field optical microscopy (SNOM). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NMR). Electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Moessbauer spectroscopy. Statistical processing of experimental data. Processing data with softwer packages: EXCEL, ORIGIN, MATHCAD, STATISTICA, PEAKFIT, J-IMAGE.

Exercises:
Preparation and public presentation of the seminar paper on one of the experimental methods of the IRB. Visit to the laboratories of the IRB and direct acquaintance with the experimental methods of modern physics.

1. Critically assess the need for interdisciplinaryness and the use of modern experimental methods of physics in concrete examples from the natural sciences.
2. Choose experimental analytical methods relevant to personal scientific interest and work.
3. Analyze experimental data using modern computer methods.
4. Apply a complex mathematical apparatus of physics and the foreknowledge of physics in personal scientific work.

Regular attendance with possible justified absence of up to 6 hours of classes.

1.M. Ivanda: Modern experimental methods of physics in the natural sciences, Script in preparation.
2. Miroslav Furić: Experiential methods of modern physics, School Book, Zagreb, 1994.
3. Lecture Notes in Physics: Nanoscale Spectroscopy and Its Applications to Semiconductor Research, Eds.Y. Watanabe, S. Heun, G. Salviati, and N. Yamamoto, Springer Verlag 2002,
4. Physical Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry – Spectroscopy and Magnetism, Ed. Lawrence Que, Sausalito, 2002.
5. Nanostruktured Materials, Editor Carl C. Koch, William Andrew Publishing, Norwich/ New York, 2002.
6. David Harvey, Modern Analytic Chemistry, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990.

1. Hans Kuzmany: Solid State Spectroscopy – An Introduction, Springer, Wien, 2002.
2. George Turrell: Infrared and Raman Spectra of Crystals, Academic Press, London, 1972.
3. Claus F. Klingshirn, Semiconductors Optics, Springer, Berlin, 1997.
4. Frank J.Blatt, Modern Physics, McGRAW-HILL, New York, 1992.
5. Prospects in Nanotehnology, Proceedings of the First General Conference on Nanotechnology, Editors M. Krummenacker and J. Lewis, Wiley & Sons, New York / Chichester / Brisbane / Toronto/ Singapore, 1995.

• questionnaires for examining the attitudes of programme users
• checking the understanding of the information received,
• discussions with students and colleagues,
• monitoring the progress of each student,
• evaluation of the success of the course every year by the joint expert committee of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, the University of Dubrovnik and the University of Osijek"