PC4259 Surface Physics

This module provides an introduction to surface physics, its experimental techniques and applications.   The topics include surface crystallography and topography, surface energy and stress, surface electronic properties (surface states, band bending, work function, Fermi level pining, magnetism), surface phonon and plasmon, adsorption, desorption and reaction on surfaces.  The applications of basic surface physics knowledge in semiconductor technology, materials growth and processing, catalysis and nanoscience will be demonstrated.  Experimental techniques, such as LEED, XPS, UPS, AES, STM, SIMS, EELS and TPD, will be addressed with examples and applications.  This module is targeted at students majored in physics, chemistry, materials science and electronic engineering who have a basic knowledge of quantum physics, thermodynamics and solid state physics.

Reference Books

K. Oura, V.G. Lifshits, A.A. Saranin, A.V. Zotov, M. Katayama, Surface Science:

     An Introduction (Springer, 2003)                                                      [OL]

H. Luth, Solid Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films (Springer, 2001)      [HL]

M. Prutton, Introduction to Surface Physics (Clarendon, 1994)              [MP]

F. Bechstedt, Principles of Surface Physics (Springer, 2003)                   [FB]

A. Gross, Theoretical Surface Science (Springer, 2003)                          [AG]

Lecture Viewgraph

Adsorption; Growth_Morphology