Surfaces Interfaces

AY2017/2018 Semester 1

This course discusses the key concepts in surface and interface science with special focus on electronic structure. Surface energy and thermodynamics; electronic structure; phase transition; elementary excitations; physisorption and chemisorption; energy transfer. Schottky barrier and band offsets in semiconductors; band engineering. Analytical techniques include scanning tunneling microscopy; electron diffraction methods; photoemission