Optical microscopy is an often forgotten area of instrumentation in undergraduate analytical curriculum, but it is an area that chemical industry expects bench chemists to already know. This research study aims to create an effective optical microscopy laboratory experiment for an upper level undergraduate instrumental analysis laboratory course. Traditional and inquiry based laboratory experiments were created to compare which format helps students learn optical microscopy better. An assessment was created on optical microscopy to monitor student learning. A full implementation was completed in an instrumental analysis course in the Fall of 2013 semester.

Crystals, nanoparticles, and plasmons: A dark field microscopy experiment for an instrumental analysis course

247th National Meeting (2014)

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