Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Engineering

Materials Characterization Techniques

Materials characterization techniques cover a wide range of methodologies that explore the complex properties and structures of materials on a microscopic, and occasionally even atomic, scale. Researchers can learn a great deal about the composition, crystalline structure, mechanical properties, and surface characteristics of a material by using methods including X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, spectroscopy, and thermal analysis. This wealth of knowledge supports the creation of new materials with specialized properties as well as the quality control and improvement of already-developed ones across industries like materials science and nanotechnology, ensuring that materials function at their best in a variety of settings like aerospace engineering and medical devices.