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: Imaging in Real Space - STM
Lecture 15: Imaging in Real Space - AFM
Lecture 16: Chemical Structure – Mechanistic of Adsorption
Lecture 17: Chemical Structure – Thermodynamics of Adsorption
Lecture 18: Chemical Structure – Kinetics of Adsorption
Lecture 19: Vibrational Structure of Adsorbates
Lecture 20: 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