Special Topics in Chemical Engineering: Introduction to Experimental Surface Chemistry

3 credits · Graduate

This course is intended to introduce chemical engineering students to the concepts and techniques involved in the study of chemical processes at surfaces. Special emphasis will be placed on the chemistry of semiconductor surfaces. Topics to be covered include thermodynamics and kinetics of surfaces; crystal and electronic structures of clean surfaces (metals and semiconductors); adsorption and desorption; surface kinetics and dynamics including diffusion; dynamics of growth and etching; surface reaction models; a survey of modern surface analytical techniques including electron diffraction, auger electron spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and mass spectrometry.