Suggested Project Topics for PC4259
Importance of surface science and technology
Surface & interface issues in Si-based microelectronics
Surface & interface issues in optoelectronics
Computational studies of surfaces
Experimental and computational studies of polar surfaces
Experimental studies of insulator surfaces
Vacuum technology, especially UHV technology
Instrumentation for surface analysis (focus on one specific techniques)
Recent advancement in surface analysis techniques
Unconventional surface analysis techniques (spin-polarized, high pressure, solid-liquid, electrochemical...)
Interface analysis techniques
Measurements of surface energy and/or stress
Measurements of ECS
Evolution of ECS with T or adsorption
LEED measurement of non-periodic structures
LEED I-V measurement for detailed surface configuration analysis
Specific applications of STM or AFM (e.g., spin-polarized, magnetic force, friction force ...)
Surface atomic structures of some important materials (e.g., Si, GaAs, SiC, GaN, Au ...)
Measurement of surface/interface states
Novel magnetic properties related to surface/interface
Surface/interface issues in organic electronics/optoelectronics
Electron-phonon coupling on surfaces
Surface plasmon in optics
Surface roughness evolution with T
Surface morphology evolution in epitaxial growth, sputtering or chemical etching
Crystal shape evolution during growth
Molecular beam epitaxy
Chemical vapor deposition
Surfactants
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