Course Catalog 2010-2011
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Course Catalog 2010-2011

FYS-2106 Introduction to Surface Science, 6 cr

Person responsible

Mika Valden

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
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Assignment
Online work
 4 h/week
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FYS-2106 2010-01 Wednesday 12 - 14, SJ212A
Thursday 12 - 14, SJ212A

Requirements

Passed final exam and accepted seminar presentation.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to recognize the main physicochemical surface properties and to combine them with surface mediated processes such as adsorption and formation of surface compounds. The student will learn how to apply the surface properties to surface engineering technologies (e.g. heterogeneous catalysis, the growth of thin films, nanotechnology, biomaterials). After completing the course, the student will be able to evaluate how the surface mediated processes can be utilized to develop novel, technologically relevant material properties. During the course, the student will learn to solve interdisciplinary research problems related to surface science in tutorial learning sessions (groups of 4-6 students) based on the shared expertise of the group members. The student will master the skills required to report the results of the learning assignments using Moodle learning management system as well as in the forms of a research report and a seminar presentation.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The geometric structure of surfaces: Ordered surface structures. Defects on surfaces. Notation of surface structures. Relaxation. Reconstruction.  Low energy electron diffraction. Adsorbate-Induced restructuring.  Growth modes on surfaces. 
2. Thermodynamics of surfaces: Surface tension. Surface free energy. Segregation in binary alloy system. Heat of adsorption.  Surface tension values of metals approximated by using the heat of sublimation. The mixing energy. Adsorbate-induced segregation in alloys.   Adsorption Microcalorimetry. 
3. Dynamics at surfaces: Potential energy hypersurface. Elementary surface processes. Adsorption. Sticking coefficient. Kinetics and dynamics of adsorption. Precursor-state mediated adsorption. Microscopic reversibility.  Structure sensitivity of adsorption.   Molecular Beam Surface Scattering. Activated adsorption. Steering dynamics in adsorption. 
4. Electronic properties of surfaces: Surface dipole. Debye length. Work function. Work function and surface structure. Nanostructures. Helmholtz equation. Surface Stark-effect. Alkali-metal adsorption. Local work function.  Friedel oscillations. Surface space charge at n-type semiconductor. Work function versus ionization potential. Metal-vacuum-metal tunneling junction.   Gas sensors. Electronic structure of nanoclusters. PAX-method.  
5. Surface compounds: Chemisorption bond and physisorption bond. Resonance states. Chemisorption on Jellium surface. Chemisorption on transition metal surfaces. Cluster-like bonding of adsorbates. Chemisorption bond of CO. The flexible surface model. Thermal activation of surface compounds.   Structure sensitivity of bond breaking. Kinetic oscillations. Ostwald Ripening.   Rich oxygen chemistry of ruthenium (0001). 
6. Catalysis by surfaces: Turnover rate and activation energy. Selectivity. Catalyst deactivation. Structure sensitivity. Ammonia synthesis.  Dispersion. Additives. Promoottorit. Catalyst materials. Material gap and pressure gap.  Compensation effect. 

Evaluation criteria for the course

The assessment of the course is either numeric on the grade scale of 0 ... 5 or "Pass/Fail". The assessment method will be decided together with the students at the beginning of the course. The numeric assessment is based on a literature exam. If the student demonstrates thorough understanding of the core content, s/he may pass the course with the grade 3. In order to achieve grade 4, the student must also demonstrate competency in the points specified in column "Complementary knowledge". The student may achieve grade 5, if s/he demonstrates good command of the points specified in column "Specialist knowledge". If there are minor shortcomings regarding the core content, the student may receive the grade 1 or 2, depending on the number of flaws. If there are significant shortcomings regarding core content, the student will not pass the course. The assessment of the course can also be "Pass/Fail". The student can earn the passing grade, if s/he has completed all the learning assignments in a satisfactory manner.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Introduction to surface chemistry and catalysis   Somorjai, G.A.       John Wiley & Sons, 1. edition, 1994      English  
Book   Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience   Kolasinski, K.W.   0-471-49245 0     John Wiley & Sons, 1. edition, 2002      English  
Lecture slides     Mika Valden            English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
FYS-2106 Introduction to Surface Science, 6 cr FYS-2100 Introduction to Surface Science, 6 cr  

Additional information

The course will be lectured as an intensive course on a request.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
FYS-2106 2010-01        

Last modified12.01.2010