This brochure is prepared as a“Lab Sessions Guide”for the course of“Advanced Methods for Materials Characterization”,which is one of the core courses for undergraduate students in the School of Materials Science and Engineering,University of Shanghai for Science and Technology USST. In this course,students are expected to explore the beauty and scientific significance of a number of experimental approaches frequently used in the fields of materials science and engineering as well as physics,chemistry,biology and related disciplines. The principal goal of this guide is to offer the students stepbystep instruments during the lab sessions; nonetheless,it may also be helpful to our colleagues and graduate students for their research purpose as an abridged manual of the apparati included.We are greatly indebted to our colleagues,Drs.Xianying Wang,Dunliang Jian,Shengjuan Li and Feng Tian,for their wonderful help during the preparation of this guide. We also wish to thank Profs. Xia Wang,Fengcang Ma,Huijuan Zhang and Xiaohong Chen for their encouragement and constructive suggestions to make this course possible. Thanks are also due to the authors of the original materials we referenced herein.Xuyan LiuQiang LiDeng PanDengguang YuYuedong SunFang Liu Contents