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Course Catalog 2012-2013

FYS-2406 Nanostructures and Elementary Surface Processes, 5 cr

Additional information

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

Person responsible

Mika Valden

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Assignment
Online work




 
 4 h/week
 2 h/week
 7 h/week
 6 h/week




 




 




 
FYS-2406 2012-01 Monday 14 - 16, SK310

Requirements

Passed final exam and accepted laboratory assignment.
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 define the physical operation principles of LEED and STM methods for analysis of geometric and electronic structure of surfaces as well as the physical operation principles of TPTDS and MBSS methods for surface reactivity studies. The student will learn how to apply these methods to establish a correlation between surface structure and reactivity. During the course, the student will learn to solve surface analytic research problems 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. Surface science perspective to technologies: Surface science approach to nanotechnology. Correlation between surface structure and its reactivity.     
2. Geometric structure of surfaces: Periodic structures on surfaces and surface defects. Two-dimensional Bravais lattices. Notation of surface structures. Commensurate and incommensurate surface phases.  Oxygen vacancies on TiO2(110)-(1x1). Functionality of a supported metal cluster.  Incoherent surface phases. 
3. Low energy electron diffraction (LEED): Reciprocal lattice and reciprocal space matrix. Ewald construction in two-dimension. Formation of a LEED pattern. Surface sensitivity in LEED. LEED apparatus.  Quantitative LEED experiment.  Kinematic and dynamic theories in LEED analysis. 
4. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM): Dimensions in STM research. Tunneling and STM-experiment. Influence of the STM tip to imaging.  VT-STM system. Reactivity of Au nanoclusters on TiO2(110).   Tersoff and Hamann theory. Manipulation of surfaces with STM tip. 
5. Surface reactivity properties: Influence of the electronic structure of surfaces to surface chemical bond formation. Reactivity of single surface sites and surface phases. Reactivity of alloyed surfaces.  Surface bond strength of oxygen atoms on transition metal surfaces. Combinatorial screening technique.  Atomic-level manipulation of surface reactions.  
6. Temperature-programmed thermal desorption spectroscopy (TPTDS): Thermal desorption spectroscopy. TDS measurement. Analysis of TDS spectra. Desorption kinetics and determination of kinetic parameters.  Interference sources in TDS measurements. Spectral shape.   CO desorption from Pd(111). O2 desorption from Ru(0001). 
7. Molecular beam surface scattering (MBSS): Dynamics of surface processes. Potential energy surface. Adsorption kinetics and dynamics. Molecular beams. Properties of a nozzle beam. Adsorption kinetics of CO on Rh(110). Adsorption dynamics of oxygen molecules on Cu(100) and O/Cu(100) surfaces.  MBSS system. Skimmer and nozzle designs. Molecular dynamics simulation of adsorption. Transient reaction kinetics. Intrinsic and extrinsic precursor states.   Knudsen number. 

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   Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy   Wiesendanger, R.   0 521 42847 5     Cambridge University Press, 1. edition, 1998      English  
Lecture slides     Valden Mika            English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
FYS-2106 Introduction to Surface Science Advisable    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
FYS-2406 Nanostructures and Elementary Surface Processes, 5 cr FYS-2406 Nanostructures and Elementary Surface Processes, 5 cr  
FYS-2406 Nanostructures and Elementary Surface Processes, 5 cr FYS-2400 Nanostructures and Elementary Surface Processes, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
FYS-2406 2012-01        

Last modified23.01.2012