Please download and print the pdf files with the lecture notes below.
| # | Date | Instructor | Topic |
| 1. | January 14 | LG | Introduction to course Download: Introduction |
| 2. | January 14 | LG | Thermodynamics of Surfaces; Equilibrium Crystal Shape Thermodynamics of Surfaces |
| 3. | January 16 | LG | Surface Structure Quantitative Description of Surface Structure |
| 4. | January 21-23 | LG | Surface Structure. Real Space and Reciprocal Space Lattices. Electron Diffraction and Microscopy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy. |
| 5. | January 28 | LG | Basic Principles of UHV Additional reference: LBVT |
| 6. | January 28 | LG | Adsorption, desorption, diffusion: thermodynamics and kinetics Submit your topic of preference for Presentation #1 |
| 7. | January 30 | LG | Adsorption, desorption, diffusion (continued) |
| 8. | February 4 | LG | Nucleation and growth of thin films and nanostructures. Presentation 1, group 1. |
| 9. | February 6 | LG | Nucleation and growth of thin films and nanostructures (continued). |
| 10. | February 11 | LG | X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS). |
| 11. | February 13 | LG | XPS (Part 2) and related electron spectroscopies. |
| February 18-22 | Reading week - no lectures | ||
| 12. | February 25 | LG | Midterm exam (TBC). 10:30am - 1:30pm Practice midterm (2010). |
| 13. | February 27 | LG | SSW tour. Meet: 10:15am in PAB 26. |
| 14. | March 4 | LG FLL |
Review of midterm exam. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces |
| 15. | March 6 | LG FLL |
Physics of ion-surface interactions; Vibrational Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces. |
| 16. | March 11 | LG | Presentation 1, group 2. |
| 17. | March 13 | LG | Applications of Ion Beam Analysis and Modifications. |
| 18. | March 18 | LG | Physics of ion-surface interactions; Tandetron tour (TBC). |
| 19. | March 20 | LG | Surface Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy |
| 20. | March 25 | LG | Surface Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy (continued) |
| 21. | March 27 | LG | Liquid/Solid Interface. |
| 22. | April 1 | LG | Mechanisms of Corrosion and Oxidation.Presentation 1, group 3. |
| 23. | April 3 | LG | Mechanisms of Corrosion and Oxidation (continued). |
| 24. | April 8 | LG | Presentation 2: case study. Group composition and short instructions. |
| 25. | April 10 | LG | Final Exam Review |
| LG | Lyudmila Goncharova |
| FLL | François Lagugné-Labarthet |