Molecules on a metal surface

Surface Science

Course 147143
Molecules on a metal surface
Picture: Marco Grünewald
Information

Lecture given by Dr. Roman Forker, Seminar given by M.Sc. Jonas Brandhoff
Seminar: to be announced
Lecture: Thursday 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Language: English
Exam: to be announced

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Preparation of well-defined surfaces
    • Ultra high vacuum (UHV)
    • Preparation techniques
  3. Geometrical structure of surfaces
    • Classification of periodic surfaces
    • Reconstruction and relaxation
    • Adsorbate superstructures (epitaxy)
    • Defects
    • Quasicrystals
  4. Processes at surfaces
    • Adsorption, desorption, diffusion
    • Bonding at surfaces
    • TDS
  5. Diffraction methods
    • LEED (geometric description) incl. distortion correction
    • I(V)-LEED (dynamic description)
    • RHEED
    • GIFAD (He diffraction)
  6. Electronic structure of surfaces
    • Bloch theorem
    • Surface brillouin zone (SBZ)
    • Surface states and resonances
    • Image potential states
    • Work function
  7. Electron microscopy
    • LEEM
    • PEEM
  8. Scanning probe methods
    • Basics
    • STM
    • Manipulation of atoms and molecules
    • STHM
    • STS: I(V) spectroscopy, z(V) spectroscopy
    • AFM
  9. Electron spectroscopy
    • XPS, ESCA
    • AES, SAM
    • NEXAFS
    • Basics of the determination of band structures
    • ARUPS, orbital tomography
    • IPES
    • 2PPE
    • HREELS
  10. Optical spectroscopy
    • Absorption (UV/VIS, IRAS)
    • Raman
    • PL and PLE
    • DRS
    • RAS, ellipsometry