Synchrotron Radiation: Properties and applications in materials’ characterization
Description of synchrotron radiation production facilities around the world, available for experiments. Production, properties and monochromatism/detection of synchrotron radiation. Mechanisms of interaction of X-rays with matter (scattering, diffraction, fluorescence and absorption). Overview of synchrotron radiation characterization techniques and advantages of its use. Detailed description of the following techniques and their applications in different material categories: […]
Electronic structure and lattice dynamics of nanomaterials
The electronic and vibrational properties of materials are fundamental to modern condensed matter physics, providing the starting point for understanding, predicting and designing the properties of nanomaterials and devices, contributing to a variety of applications such as spintronics and thermoelectricity at the nanoscale. The aim of the course is to deepen the concepts, formalism and […]
Thermal and thermoelectric properties of materials, nanostructures and nanostructured materials
This postgraduate course covers the most important basic elements of the phenomena and methods of the thermal and thermoelectric properties of materials, nanostructures and nanostructured materials. The course aims to elaborate or predict thermal and thermoelectric properties either from atomistic simulations at the nanoscale or from experimental methods and secondly, to introduce a unified framework […]