CODE 61936 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 SCIENZA E INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI 9017 (LM-53) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 2 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI 11430 (LM SC.MAT.) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR FIS/03 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course will introduce in the basic concepts of Surface Science and of the nanostructuring at surfaces handling both theory and experimental methods. Laboratory demonstrations will allow the students to better understand the experimental methods and the basic concepts. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Understanding the fundamentals of surface science. Capacity of reading scientific papers in surface science and applied surface science. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The students will understand the basic surface science concepts and the theoretical and experimental methods which have been develped for the description of surfaces and for their nanostructuration PREREQUISITES Introductory courses to the concepts of Solid State and to the Principles of Quantum Mechanics TEACHING METHODS Frontal Lectures (42 hours) and Laboratory Demonstrations (10 hours) SYLLABUS/CONTENT Relevance of surfaces and interfaces in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Surface excess quantities and thermodynamical properties of surfaces. Crystallographic structure: relaxation and reconstruction. Electronic ground state properties of metals and surface states. Surface magnetism. Specific cases for semiconductor, oxide and insulator surfaces, graphene and other ultrathin films. Towards one and zero dimensions, atomic wires and clusters at surfaces. Excited states at surfaces: surface phonon spectra, surface electronic and magnetic excitations. Connections to plasmonics, Energy harvesting in solar cells and photoinduced chemistry. Gas-Surface interaction, physisorption and chemisorption, dynamics of the interaction, asdsoprtion, desorption, sticking and simple catalytic reactions. Crystal growth, MBE, CVD, Ablation techniques, Nanosized films and clusters. Self-assembled monolayers and artificial nanostructures. Experimental methods for surface science: Scanning Probe Microscopies, Surface Sensitive Spectroscopies and Diffraction Methods RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Gabor Somorjai, second edition Wiley “Physics of Surfaces and Interfaces” H.Ibach, Springer Verlag 2006. ISBN-13 978-3-540- 34709-5 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARIO AGOSTINO ROCCA Ricevimento: For explanations the students will be received on Thursday mornings in the office of the teacher GIOVANNI CARRARO Exam Board MARIO AGOSTINO ROCCA (President) GIOVANNI CARRARO (President Substitute) LUCA VATTUONE (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START in the first semester according to academic calender year Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The students will be examined orally. They will expose a topic of their choice. The commission will then ask to expose a different topic. Questions will be posed by the jury to assess the knowledge level of the student ASSESSMENT METHODS The students will be examined orally. They will expose a topic of their choice. The commission will then ask to expose a different topic. Questions will be posed by the jury to assess the knowledge level of basic concepts by the student. Sufficiency will be reached when the topics are exposed with proper language and the students demonstrates to have a basic understanding of the concepts assocaited to surface science.
