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Modern Techniques of Spectroscopy

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Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is a powerful technique used for characterizing the electrical properties of systems in which the overall behavior is determined by several strongly coupled processes. Impedance studies have become popular since high quality impedance bridges and automated measuring devices covering wide range of frequencies from mHz to few MHz are easily available. Thus, material scientists, engineers, electrochemists are fascinated to understand the theoretical background of these studies and gain skills in interpreting impedance data. In IS, the linear electrical response of materials including electrode effects are measured and subsequently the response is analyzed to obtain valuable information about the physiochemical features of the system. The analysis is performed in the frequency domain or in time domain. In time domain, the measurements are converted into frequency domain by Fourier transform. IS not only measures data at the impedance (Z) level but can include admittance (Y), complex dielectric constant (ε) or its inverse i.e. complex modulus (M). It plots these functions in the complex plane.

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We are grateful to Prof. S. L. Srivastava, formerly Head of the Physics Department, University of Allahabad, Allahabad for his valuable comments and suggestions. Thanks to Mr. Rahul Uttam, a Research Scholar at Centre of Materials Sciences for his help in preparing some of the figures.

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Yadav, N., Dhar, R. (2021). Impedance Spectroscopy. In: Singh, D.K., Pradhan, M., Materny, A. (eds) Modern Techniques of Spectroscopy. Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, vol 13. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6084-6_19

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