Professor: Dr. Yana Reshetnyak
Semester: Fall
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PHY 484 or equivalent.

Catalog Description: Fundamental experiments on topics related to departmental research. Experimental methodology.

Upon completion, successful students will be able to:

• Understand the nature and theory behind the experimental methods presented in this course
• Have a greater awareness of the variety of experimental methods in condensed matter physics
• Call upon various methods learned in this course to aid them in future research

This course is composed of lecture and laboratory visitations to view equipment described in lecture. Topics covered in this course include:

• General introduction into photophysics
• Fluorescence spectroscopy (absorption, emission, lifetime, polarization, FRET)
• Circular dichroism
• Infrared spectroscopy
• Inverse Photoemission Spectroscopy
• Introduction in NMR spectroscopy
• Medical Imaging (X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, PET, fluorescence)
• Optical microscopy
• Atomic force microscopy
• Near field, Scanning tunneling, Electron microscopes
• Surface preparation and characterization techniques of ion bombardment
• Low Energy Electron Diffraction
• Surface plasmon resonance
• Single molecule mechanics and fluorescence
• Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
• Thermodynamics (calorimetry) and kinetics
• Introduction to biotechnology

Grades are based on the following criteria::

• Presentation on selected topic (20 min)
• Final Exam