Surface Science of Photonic Nanomaterials, 5 cr

Core content

• Surface structure: Ordered structures on surfaces. Surface defects. Relaxation. Reconstruction.
• Interfaces: Stress and strain. Surface tension. Non-equilibrium surface process.
• Electronic states: Electronic band structure of solids. Surface space charge. Work function.
• Molecular bonding on surfaces. Chemisorption. Physisorption.

Complementary knowledge

• Adsorbate-Induced restructuring.
• Surface energy. Strain energy. Segregation.
• Nanoscale systems. Energy levels at interfaces.
• Thin films. Atomic layer deposition.

Specialist knowledge

• Low energy electron diffraction.
• Growth modes on surfaces. Molecular Beam Epitaxy.
• Electron excitation at surfaces. Scanning tunneling microscopy.
• Photoelectron spectroscopy.