Spectroscopic Analysis

Course manual 2023/2024

Study materials

Literature

• Spectroscopy: Principles and Instrumentation (Book) by Mark F. Vitha

Other

• slides will be provided after the lecture

Objectives

• Understand interactions between light and molecules as studied and employed by optical spectroscopy.
• describe the main components and relative properties (source, detector, ...) of routinely employed spectrometers for each technique.
• explain the operating principles, strengths and limitations of key analytical techniques and their application towards (bio)molecular analysis.
• discuss applications of analytical chemical techniques and choose the appropriate method for a given analytical problem.

Learning activities

Attendance

This programme does not have requirements concerning attendance (TER part B).

Additional requirements for this course:

For the final grade, student must participate at the presentations and written exam

Assessment

Assignments

(1) The student will prepare and give an instructive presentation (in English) on a spectroscopic topic of societal, economic, educational and/or scientific relevance (25% of final grade)
(2) written exam (75%)

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

Contact information

Coordinator

• prof. dr. A.M. Rijs