Course Identification

Tentative Syllabus
Lecture 1: Thermodynamics of Surfaces 1 – Introduction, Surface Tension, Nucleation
Lecture 2: Thermodynamics of Surfaces 2 – Equilibrium Shapes
Lecture 3: Thermodynamics of Surfaces 3 – Surface Forces
Lecture 4: Introduction to Experimental Surface Science - Vacuum
Lecture 5: Introduction to Experimental Surface Science – Overview of the Techniques
Lecture 6: Atomic Structure –  Miller Indices, Reciprocal Space, Ewald Construction in 2d
Lecture 7: Atomic Structure – Diffraction and Scattering
Lecture 8: Atomic Structure – Diffraction from Vicinal Surfaces
Lecture 9: Electronic Structure – Density of States, Band Structure, Tight Binding Approximation
Lecture 10: Electronic Structure – Density of States, Band Structure, Tight Binding Approximation
Lecture 11: Electronic Structure – Work Function
Lecture 12: Electronic Structure – Photoemission
Lecture 13: Electronic Structure – Photoemission
Lecture 14: Electronic Structure – X-ray Absorption and Emission
Lecture 15: Chemical Structure – Thermodynamics at the Solid-Gas Interface
Lecture 16: Chemical Structure – Kinetics at the Solid-Gas Interface
Lecture 17: Chemical Structure – Adsorption
Lecture 18: Vibrational Structure of Adsorbates
Lecture 19: Vibrational Structure of Adsorbates
Lecture 20: Surface Science at the dawn of the 21^st century – Solid/Gas Interface at Ambient Pressures
Lecture 21: Surface Science at the dawn of the 21^st century – Solid/Liquid Interface
Lecture 22: Surface Science of Nanoparticles
Lecture 23: Microscopy in Real Space – Surface Tunneling & Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Lecture 24: Microscopy in Real Space – Surface Forces & Atomic Force Microscopy
Lecture 25: Microscopy at the Solid/Gas and Solid/Liquid Interfaces
Lecture 26: Odds and Ends & Outlook to the rest of the 21^st century

 

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Understand the basics physics of solid surfaces
2. Understand the surface chemistry and how it is related to the technologically important fields like heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, lubrication, etc.
3. Know the basic principles of surface-sensitive spectroscopy and microscopy techniques

Surface chemistry

Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, 2nd Edition. Gabor A. Somorjai, Yimin Li. 

Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience, 3rd Edition. Kurt W. Kolasinski. Link

Surface physics

Oberflächenphysik des Festkörpers (German only). Martin Henzler, Wolfgang Göpel. 

Surface characterization - general

Modern Techniques of Surface Science. D. Phil Woodruff. Link