Course Outline
Week 1: 1 Introduction The definition of surface/interface, the importance of surface science 2 Electronic structure methods and total energy 2.1 The Schroedinger equation/Born-Oppenheimer approximation/ Hamiltonian 2.2 Hatree-Fock theory/ Quantum chemistry methods/ Density functional theory Week 2: 2.3 Pseudopotential/ Implementations of DFT 2.4 Many-electron methods/ tight-binding methods Week 3: 3 Structure and energetics of clean surfaces 3.1 Electronic structure of surfaces Week 4: 3.2 Metal surfaces 3.3 Semiconductor surfaces 3.4 Ionic surfaces Week 5: 3.5 Interpretation of STM images 3.6 Surface phonons Week 6: 4 Adsorption on surfaces 4.1 Physisorption/ Newns-Anderson Model Week 7: 4.2 Atomic Chemisorption/ Effective Medium theory/ Embedded atom method 4.3 Reactivity concepts Week 8: 4.4 Adsorption on Low-index/ precovered/ structured surfaces 4.5 Adsorbate structures at Non-zero temperature and pressures Week 9:
4.6 Reactions on surfaces Week 10: 5 Surface Magnetism 5.1 Exchange Interaction/ Spin-density formalism 5.2 Ferro- and Antiferromagnetism 5.3 Magnetic nanostructures on surfaces Week 11: 6 Kinetic Modelling of processes on surfaces 6.1 Determination of rates Week 12: 6.2 Diffusion 6.3 Kinetic modelling of adsorption and desorption Week 13: 6.4 Growth Week 14: 6.5 Reaction kinetics on surfaces Week 15: 7 Perspectives 7.1 Solid-liquid interface 7.2 Nanostructured surfaces 7.3 Biologically relevant systems 7.4 Industrial applications |