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
    
- BET – BET surface area measurement (BET from Brunauer, Emmett, Teller)
 - BiFC – Bimolecular fluorescence complementation
 - BKD – Backscatter Kikuchi diffraction, see EBSD
 - BRET – Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer
 - BSED – Back scattered electron diffraction, see EBSD
 
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
    
- DE(T)A – Dielectric thermal analysis
 - dHvA – De Haas–van Alphen effect
 - DIC – Differential interference contrast microscopy
 - Dielectric spectroscopy
 - DLS – Dynamic light scattering
 - DLTS – Deep-level transient spectroscopy
 - DMA – Dynamic mechanical analysis
 - DPI – Dual polarisation interferometry
 - DRS – Diffuse reflection spectroscopy
 - DSC – Differential scanning calorimetry
 - DTA – Differential thermal analysis
 - DVS – Dynamic vapour sorption
 
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
    
- GC-MS – Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
 - GDMS – Glow discharge mass spectrometry
 - GDOS – Glow discharge optical spectroscopy
 - GISAXS – Grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering
 - GIXD – Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction
 - GIXR – Grazing incidence X-ray reflectivity
 - GLC – Gas-liquid chromatography
 
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
    
- OBIC – Optical beam induced current
 - ODNMR – Optically detected magnetic resonance, see ESR or EPR
 - OES – Optical emission spectroscopy
 - Osmometry
 
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
    
- Raman spectroscopy
 - RAXRS – Resonant anomalous X-ray scattering
 - RBS – Rutherford backscattering spectrometry
 - REM – Reflection electron microscopy
 - RDS – Reflectance difference spectroscopy
 - RHEED – Reflection high energy electron diffraction
 - RIMS – Resonance ionization mass spectrometry
 - RIXS – Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
 - RR spectroscopy – Resonance Raman spectroscopy
 
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
 
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