The entire course consists of lectures and laboratory exercises that introduce students to the theory and practice of the application of two complementary research techniques: infrared absorption (IR) spectroscopy and Raman scattering (RS). This will give them the knowledge to solve many important problems in pharmacy:
1) drug identity,
2) test purity,
3) crystal structures of drugs,
4) characteristics of polymorphism,
5) tautomerization,
6) interactions between active drugs and excipients.
In the first part of the lecture, students will be introduced to the basic principles of vibration spectroscopy, in the second part the possibilities of using spectroscopic methods in pharmacy will be presented in detail. During the laboratory work, they learn the practical aspects of various vibration spectroscopy measuring techniques.