To provide students with a theoretical and applicative knowledge of elemental and molecular spectroscopy methods based on the use of laser, as well as atomic spectroscopy for elementary analysis at the level of traces and ultratraces.
Students will acquire knowledge on the main instrumental techniques for the study and characterization of interphases and surfaces, with particular focus on laser spectroscopy techniques (LIBS, LIF, Raman), the treatment and elaboration of the spectroscopic data and their applications.
As a complement, spectroscopic techniques based on X-rays (XRF) and synchrotron light sources will be illustrated.
Students will also learn the fundamental aspects and instrumental principles of the main spectroscopic techniques for elemental trace-level analysis: atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), emission (OES), fluorescence (AFS), main atomizers and their limits, and methods of chemical derivatization of the analytes for the generation of volatile compounds (chemical and photochemical vapor generation, CVG) as method of introduction of the sample. Examples on the application of the techniques discussed in the Course to complex matrices in the industrial, environmental, forensic and cultural heritage fields will be given.