Course detail

Surface Science

CEITEC VUT-DS115AAcad. year: 2014/2015

The main goal of this PhD course is to extend the knowledge of students on solid state physics to surfaces to better cope with research tasks and challenges of CEITEC and efficiently utilize the instruments of the CEITEC facilities. Learning the behavior of surfaces at microscopic (atomic) scale will provide better understanding of macroscopic properties of surfaces and some technically relevant processes on solid surfaces such as thin film and nanostructure growth, heterogeneous catalysis, corrosion, etc..

Language of instruction

English

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Dr. Peter Varga, dr. h. c.

Department

Central European Institute of Technology BUT (CEITEC VUT)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Phenomenological description of solid state surfaces.
2. Preparation of surfaces.
3. Thermodynamics of surfaces and macroscopic shape of surfaces, segregation.
4. Cristallographic structure and chemical composition of surfaces.
5. Methods of investigation of atomic structure and composition of surfaces.
6. Vibrational and electronic structure of surfaces.
7. Adsorption, difusion and desorption processes at surfaces.
8. Nucleation and early stages of thin film/nanostruacture growth.
9. Heterogeneous catalysis.
10. Further experimental techniques (surface spectroscopy).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Luth T.: Solid Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films, Sprnger-Verlag, 2001 (EN)
Zangwill A.: Physics at Surfaces, Cambridge University Press, 1996 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme STIAMN Doctoral

    branch PNTMT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme STIAMN Doctoral

    branch ANTMT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch AM , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme STIAMN Doctoral

    branch PNTMT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional