Specification & Analysis of Nano-Fibrous Structures
- Necessity of material analysis, classification of different analysis methods, identification and characterization of materials, important points in choosing the analysis method
- Definition of nano textile materials, their importance and application
- Getting to know the types of microscopes and their uses
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and its applications and X-ray Energy Diffraction Spectroscopy (EDAX or EDS), an extension of SEM
- Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and its applications
- Atomic force microscope (AFM) and its applications
- crystal structures and their importance in the properties of nanomaterials
- X-ray and its application in the analysis of nanostructures
- X-ray diffraction with wide angle and small angle and diffraction patterns or forms of crystalline materials
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and its applications
- Measuring the size of nanoparticles using static laser light scattering (SLS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) and scanning electron microscope (SEM).
- Methods to characterize electro-spun scaffold morphology
- Fourier transform infrared, basic principles, application, spectrum information, examples of FTIR spectra and their interpretation
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), basic principles, applications, information from spectra, examples of NMR spectra and their interpretation
- Raman Spectroscopy, basic principles, application, spectrum information, examples of Raman spectrum and their interpretation
- Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, basic principles, application, spectrum information, examples of UV-Vis spectrum and their interpretation
- Photoluminescence (PL), basic principles, application, spectrum information, examples of PL spectrum and their interpretation
- Methods of measuring specific surface area and porosity of nanofibers, BET