NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON 'ADVANCED METHODS FOR MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION'

摘要

Material Research Society of India (MRSI) is an interdisciplinary professional body dedicated for the growth of indigenous research and development in the area of material science and engineering. Its Mumbai Chapter organised a National Workshop on "Advanced Methods for Materials Characterisation (NWMC-2004)" during October 11-15, 2004 at the Multi-purpose Hall, Training School Hostel/Guest House of BARC at Anushaktinagar. The workshop was convened by Dr S.K. Kulshreshtha, Head Novel Materials & Structural Chemistry Division, BARC, and Dr A.K.Tyagi, Head, Solid State & Surface Chemistry Section of Applied Chemistry Division, BARC was its Secretary. The objective of this workshop was to impart basic knowledge of the advanced techniques used for material characterisation to the research scholars, teachers and the scientists working in different types of industries and research centres. A number of demonstrative experiments were also carried out to give the participants a feeling of the experimental details and instrumental facilities. The fascinating and ever growing world of materials is very vast and the characterisation of such a wide variety of materials demands an interdisciplinary knowledge involving chemistry, physics, biology and technology. Different techniques need to be used for the complete characterisation of such materials, which involve phase analysis, compositional characterisation, structural elucidation, micro-structural analysis and surface characteristics. Due to the diminishing size of the materials (Nano-regime), characterisation techniques with better resolution have to be employed so as to get the structural information at atomistic level.