| Date
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Lecturer
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Topic
|
|
September |
|
|
|
5
|
TEM
|
Introduction to course, why are surfaces interesting, begin surface thermodynamics and surface structure
|
|
8
|
TEM
|
Surface thermodynamics, cont.; surface energy, surface stability, defects.
|
|
12
|
TEM
|
Introduction to Electronic Properties: work Function, thermionic emission, field emission
|
|
15
|
TEM
|
Surface structure, two dimensional lattices
|
|
19
|
TEM
|
Electron mfp, diffraction methods: LEED
|
|
22
|
TEM
|
LEED cont.; RHEED
|
|
26
|
TEM
|
Principles of STM, AFM; SEM, LEEM
|
|
29
|
TEM
|
Introduction to electron spectroscopy: analyzers, electron optics
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
2
|
TEM
|
Surface Comp. - core level spectroscopies - XPS
|
|
6
|
TEM
|
Surface Composition - XPS, cont.
|
|
10
|
TEM
|
Auger electron spectroscopy
|
|
13
|
KR
|
Electronic Properties of Surfaces: jellium model, surface band structure, surface states; (Lecture 1).
|
|
17
|
KR
|
Electronic Properties of Surfaces: jellium model, surface band structure, surface states; (Lecture 2).
|
|
20
|
KR
|
Electronic Properties of Surfaces: jellium model, surface band structure, surface states; (Lecture 3).
|
|
24
|
RAB
|
Electronic properties: UPS, ARUPS, IPES (Lecture 1) |
|
27
|
RAB
|
Electronic properties, cont. (Lecture 2)
|
|
31
|
TEM
|
Physics of ultrahigh vacuum |
|
November
|
|
|
|
3
|
TEM
|
Physics of ultrahigh vacuum, cont.
|
|
7
|
EG
|
Chemist's approach to Bonds & Bands (Lecture 1)
|
|
10
|
EG
|
Chemist's approach to Bonds & Bands, cont. (Lecture 2)
(Submit title, outline of final paper)
|
|
14
|
-
|
No lecture (AVS Symposium, San Francisco)
|
|
17
|
JK
|
Protein Adsorption Phenomena on Polymer Surfaces |
|
22
|
-
|
3-hour EXAM (10:20am - 1:20 pm in SEC 218)
|
|
28
|
TEM
|
Adsorption, desorption, diffusion, etc. (Lecture 1) |
|
December |
|
|
|
1 |
TEM |
Adsorption, desorption, diffusion, cont.(Lecture 2) |
|
5
|
TEM
|
Adsorption, desorption, diffusion, cont.(Lecture 3)
|
|
8
|
TEM
|
Adsorption, desorption, diffusion, cont.(Lecture 4)
|
|
12
|
TEM
|
Student papers due; oral presentations
|
Second Semester Topics:
Epitaxy and film growth
Vibrational spectroscopy of surfaces
Energy transfer, sticking, atom & molecule scatt.
Heterogeneous catalysis
Nanoscience and nanotechnology
DIET processes
Semiconductor surfaces: structure, oxidation
Schottky barriers, interfaces
Oxide surfaces
Ion beam methods (MEIS, RBS, LEIS, SIMS)
Electromagnetic response
Laser - solid interactions; dynamics of desorption; optical properties of surfaces
Surface Magnetism
Surface processes related to biomaterials.