2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Organic Materials Characterization
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Toshiaki Ougizawa / Hidetoshi Matsumoto / Martin Vacha / Junko Morikawa / Shigeo Asai / Yuhei Hayamizu
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.P317
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 3, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Concerning characterization of organic and polymeric materials, this course deals with fundamentals and analysis method of various instrumental analyses.
Course description and aims
This course facilitates student's understanding of fundamentals and analysis method of each instrumental analysis for characterization of organic and polymeric materials.
Keywords
Vibrational spectroscopy，Fluorescence microspectroscopy，Electron microscopy，Atomic force microscopy，Thermal analysis，Permittivity measurement，Surface and interfacial tension measurement, Contact angle measurement，Electrokinetic measurement
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Before coming to class, students should read the course schedule and check what topics will be covered. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview of Structures and Characterization of Organic Materials | Understand structures and characterization of organic materials. |
| Class 2 | Vibrational Spectroscopy | Understand infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy. |
| Class 3 | Fluorescence Microspectroscopy | Understand fluorescence microspectroscopy. |
| Class 4 | Thermal Analysis | Understand thermal analysis. |
| Class 5 | Permittivity Measurement | Understand permittivity measurement. |
| Class 6 | Scanning Probe Microscopy and Electrokinetic Measurement | Understand scanning probe microscopy and electrokinetic measurement |
| Class 7 | Surface Tension Measurement and Contact Angle Measurement | Understand surface tension measurement and contact angle measurement. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials used in class can be found on Science Tokyo LMS.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' fundamental knowledge of characterization of organic and polymeric materials and each instrumental analysis will be assessed. Student's course scores are based on a term-end report.
Related courses
- MAT.P221 ： Organic Materials Structures A
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Hidetoshi Matsumoto matsumoto.h.f6bc[at]m.isct.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.