PH5105: Advanced Physics Lab

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Course Information

L-T-P-C0-0-5-3
Prerequisites None

Syllabus

Module 1: Room temperature STM

STM of standard samples (HOPG) and its analysis .

Module 2: Experiments using Physical Quantity Measurement Systems

I-V characteristics and R vs T measurements for standard samples, AC susceptibility measurements .

Module 3: X-ray physics

Bragg's law, Debye-Scherrer analysis, Moseley's law .

Module 4: Brownian motion experiments

Measurement of diffusion coefficient of a Brownian particle, Estimation of Avogadro's number using Brownian motion, Simulation .

Module 5: Liquid crystal experiments

Measurement of phase transition temperature and birefringence of liquid crystals .