Course information

The course is laboratory-based and takes place in a continuous 4-hour session per week. 12-13 laboratory exercises are conducted per academic year (during the spring semester), out of a total of 15 mentioned below (depending on the availability of the corresponding setups). During the 4-hour session, the presentation of the experimental method and the experimental setup will precede (1.5 hours), followed by the execution of the experiment and the acquisition of measurements (2.5 hours). Discussion and suggestions for result analysis will follow. For each exercise, each student submits a full report, no later than one week after the exercise is performed. The exercises are conducted in the Physics Section (PS) of the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences (SEMFE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and at the National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSR D), within the framework of educational cooperation between the Physics Section and the Institute of Materials Science (IMS) of NCSR D, and are as follows: 1. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (PS) 2. Dielectric Spectroscopy (PS) 3. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (PS) 4. Stress-Strain Measurement (PS) 5. Raman Spectroscopy (PS) 6. Infrared Spectroscopy (PS) 7. X-Ray Diffraction (PS) 8. Atomic Force Microscopy (PS) 9. Electrical measurements in semiconductor systems (PS) 10. Modulated Photoreflectance (PS) 11. Ellipsometry (PS) 12. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (IMS) 13. Transmission Electron Microscopy (IMS) 14. X-Ray Crystallography (IMS) 15. Magnetic Measurements (IMS).