List of materials analysis methods

This is a list of analysis methods used in materials science. Analysis methods are listed by their acronym, if one exists.

Symbols

  • μSR – see muon spin spectroscopy
  • χ – see magnetic susceptibility

A

  • AAS – Atomic absorption spectroscopy
  • AED – Auger electron diffraction
  • AES – Auger electron spectroscopy
  • AFM – Atomic force microscopy
  • AFS – Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy
  • Analytical ultracentrifugation
  • APFIM – Atom probe field ion microscopy
  • APS – Appearance potential spectroscopy
  • ARPES – Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy
  • ARUPS – Angle resolved ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy
  • ATR – Attenuated total reflectance

B

C

  • CAICISS – Coaxial impact collision ion scattering spectroscopy
  • CARS – Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy
  • CBED – Convergent beam electron diffraction
  • CCM – Charge collection microscopy
  • CDI – Coherent diffraction imaging
  • CE – Capillary electrophoresis
  • CET – Cryo-electron tomography
  • CL – Cathodoluminescence
  • CLSM – Confocal laser scanning microscopy
  • COSY – Correlation spectroscopy
  • Cryo-EM – Cryo-electron microscopy
  • Cryo-SEM – Cryo-scanning electron microscopy
  • CV – Cyclic voltammetry

D

E

  • EBIC – Electron beam induced current (see IBIC: ion beam induced charge)
  • EBS – Elastic (non-Rutherford) backscattering spectrometry (see RBS)
  • EBSD – Electron backscatter diffraction
  • ECOSY – Exclusive correlation spectroscopy
  • ECT – Electrical capacitance tomography
  • EDAX – Energy-dispersive analysis of x-rays
  • EDMR – Electrically detected magnetic resonance, see ESR or EPR
  • EDS or EDX – Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
  • EELS – Electron energy loss spectroscopy
  • EFTEM – Energy filtered transmission electron microscopy
  • EID – Electron induced desorption
  • EIT and ERT – Electrical impedance tomography and electrical resistivity tomography
  • EL – Electroluminescence
  • Electron crystallography
  • ELS – Electrophoretic light scattering
  • ENDOR – Electron nuclear double resonance, see ESR or EPR
  • EPMA – Electron probe microanalysis
  • EPR – Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • ERD or ERDA – Elastic recoil detection or elastic recoil detection analysis
  • ESCA – Electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis see XPS
  • ESD – Electron stimulated desorption
  • ESEM – Environmental scanning electron microscopy
  • ESI-MS or ES-MS – Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry or electrospray mass spectrometry
  • ESR – Electron spin resonance spectroscopy
  • ESTM – Electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy
  • EXAFS – Extended X-ray absorption fine structure
  • EXSY – Exchange spectroscopy

F

  • FCS – Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
  • FCCS – Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy
  • FEM – Field emission microscopy
  • FIB – Focused ion beam microscopy
  • FIM-AP – Field ion microscopy–atom probe
  • Flow birefringence
  • Fluorescence anisotropy
  • FLIM – Fluorescence lifetime imaging
  • Fluorescence microscopy
  • FOSPM – Feature-oriented scanning probe microscopy
  • FRET – Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
  • FRS – Forward Recoil Spectrometry, a synonym of ERD
  • FTICR or FT-MS – Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance or Fourier-transform mass spectrometry
  • FTIR – Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

G

H

  • HAADF – High angle annular dark-field imaging
  • HAS – Helium atom scattering
  • HPLC – High performance liquid chromatography
  • HREELS – High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy
  • HREM – High-resolution electron microscopy
  • HRTEM – High-resolution transmission electron microscopy
  • HI-ERDA – Heavy-ion elastic recoil detection analysis
  • HE-PIXE – High-energy proton induced X-ray emission

I

  • IAES – Ion induced Auger electron spectroscopy
  • IBA – Ion beam analysis
  • IBIC – Ion beam induced charge microscopy
  • ICP-AES – Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy
  • ICP-MS – Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
  • Immunofluorescence
  • ICR – Ion cyclotron resonance
  • IETS – Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy
  • IGA – Intelligent gravimetric analysis
  • IGF – Inert gas fusion
  • IIX – Ion induced X-ray analysis, see particle induced X-ray emission
  • INS – Ion neutralization spectroscopy
  • Inelastic neutron scattering
  • IRNDT – Infrared non-destructive testing of materials
  • IRS – Infrared spectroscopy
  • ISS – Ion scattering spectroscopy
  • ITC – Isothermal titration calorimetry
  • IVEM – Intermediate voltage electron microscopy

L

  • LALLS – Low-angle laser light scattering
  • LC-MS – Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
  • LEED – Low-energy electron diffraction
  • LEEM – Low-energy electron microscopy
  • LEIS – Low-energy ion scattering
  • LIBS – Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
  • LOES – Laser optical emission spectroscopy
  • LS – Light (Raman) scattering

M

  • MALDI – Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
  • MBE – Molecular beam epitaxy
  • MEIS – Medium energy ion scattering
  • MFM – Magnetic force microscopy
  • MIT – Magnetic induction tomography
  • MPM – Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy
  • MRFM – Magnetic resonance force microscopy
  • MRI – Magnetic resonance imaging
  • MS – Mass spectrometry
  • MS/MS – Tandem mass spectrometry
  • MSGE – Mechanically stimulated gas emission
  • Mössbauer spectroscopy
  • MTA – Microthermal analysis

N

  • NAA – Neutron activation analysis
  • ND – Neutron diffraction
  • NDP – Neutron depth profiling
  • NEXAFS – Near edge X-ray absorption fine structure
  • NIS – Nuclear inelastic scattering/absorption
  • NMR – Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • NOESY – Nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy
  • NRA – Nuclear reaction analysis
  • NSOM – Near-field optical microscopy

O

P

  • PAS – Positron annihilation spectroscopy
  • Photoacoustic spectroscopy
  • PAT or PACT – Photoacoustic tomography or photoacoustic computed tomography
  • PAX – Photoemission of adsorbed xenon
  • PC or PCS – Photocurrent spectroscopy
  • Phase contrast microscopy
  • PhD – Photoelectron diffraction
  • PD – Photodesorption
  • PDEIS – Potentiodynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • PDS – Photothermal deflection spectroscopy
  • PED – Photoelectron diffraction
  • PEELS – parallel electron energy loss spectroscopy
  • PEEM – Photoemission electron microscopy (or photoelectron emission microscopy)
  • PES – Photoelectron spectroscopy
  • PINEM – photon-induced near-field electron microscopy
  • PIGE – Particle (or proton) induced gamma-ray spectroscopy, see nuclear reaction analysis
  • PIXE – Particle (or proton) induced X-ray spectroscopy
  • PL – Photoluminescence
  • Porosimetry
  • Powder diffraction
  • PTMS – Photothermal microspectroscopy
  • PTS – Photothermal spectroscopy

Q

R

S

  • SAD – Selected area diffraction
  • SAED – Selected area electron diffraction
  • SAM – Scanning Auger microscopy
  • SANS – Small angle neutron scattering
  • SAXS – Small angle X-ray scattering
  • SCANIIR – Surface composition by analysis of neutral species and ion-impact radiation
  • SCEM – Scanning confocal electron microscopy
  • SE – Spectroscopic ellipsometry
  • SEC – Size exclusion chromatography
  • SEIRA – Surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy
  • SEM – Scanning electron microscopy
  • SERS – Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
  • SERRS – Surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy
  • SESANS – Spin Echo Small Angle Neutron Scattering
  • SEXAFS – Surface extended X-ray absorption fine structure
  • SICM – Scanning ion-conductance microscopy
  • SIL – Solid immersion lens
  • SIM – Solid immersion mirror
  • SIMS – Secondary ion mass spectrometry
  • SNMS – Sputtered neutral species mass spectrometry
  • SNOM – Scanning near-field optical microscopy
  • SPECT – Single-photon emission computed tomography
  • SPM – Scanning probe microscopy
  • SRM-CE/MS – Selected-reaction-monitoring capillary-electrophoresis mass-spectrometry
  • SSNMR – Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Stark spectroscopy
  • STED – Stimulated emission depletion microscopy
  • STEM – Scanning transmission electron microscopy
  • STM – Scanning tunneling microscopy
  • STS – Scanning tunneling spectroscopy
  • SXRD – Surface X-ray diffraction

T

  • TAT or TACT – Thermoacoustic tomography or thermoacoustic computed tomography (see also photoacoustic tomography – PAT)
  • TEM – Transmission electron microscopy
  • TGA – Thermogravimetric analysis
  • TIKA – Transmitting ion kinetic analysis
  • TIMS – Thermal ionization mass spectrometry
  • TIRFM – Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy
  • TLS – Photothermal lens spectroscopy, a type of photothermal spectroscopy
  • TMA – Thermomechanical analysis
  • TOF-MS – Time-of-flight mass spectrometry
  • Two-photon excitation microscopy
  • TXRF – Total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis

U

  • Ultrasound attenuation spectroscopy
  • UPS – UV-photoelectron spectroscopy
  • USANS – Ultra small-angle neutron scattering
  • USAXS – Ultra small-angle X-ray scattering
  • UT – Ultrasonic testing
  • UV-Vis – Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy

V

  • VEDIC – Video-enhanced differential interference contrast microscopy
  • Voltammetry

W

  • WAXS – Wide angle X-ray scattering
  • WDX or WDS – Wavelength dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

X

  • XAES – X-ray induced Auger electron spectroscopy
  • XANES – XANES, synonymous with NEXAFS (near edge X-ray absorption fine structure)
  • XAS – X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • X-CTR – X-ray crystal truncation rod scattering
  • X-ray crystallography
  • XDS – X-ray diffuse scattering
  • XPEEM – X-ray photoelectron emission microscopy
  • XPS – X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
  • XRD – X-ray diffraction
  • XRES – X-ray resonant exchange scattering
  • XRF – X-ray fluorescence analysis
  • XRR – X-ray reflectivity
  • XRS – X-ray Raman scattering
  • XSW – X-ray standing wave technique

See also

  • Characterization (materials science)

References

  • Callister, WD (2000). Materials Science and Engineering – An Introduction. London: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-32013-7.
  • Yao, N, ed. (2007). Focused Ion Beam Systems: Basics and Applications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83199-4.
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