Principles of operation and working procedures of the following techniques or others that may be included, according with the selection of the students:
Optical Microscopy with Image Analysis
Scanning Electron Microscopy ? SEM
Transmission Electron Microscopy ? TEM
Atomic Force Microscopy ? AFM
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy ? FTIR
X-Ray Diffraction ? XRD
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ? NMR
Thermal Analysis by DSC/TG, Modulated DSC
Thermo-mechanical Analysis by DMTA
Contact Angle Measurement
Molecular Weight Measurement
Gas picnometry
Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry
Gas Adsorption (BET)
Particle Size measurement by Light Scattering (LDS e PCS)
Rheology
Mechanical Properties (tensile, compression, wear)
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Publicações seleccionadas consoante as técnicas a abordar. /Supporting bibliographic material selected according with the techniques.