Syllabus
Ion spectroscopy - classification of methods of ion spectroscopy, interaction of ions with solids, SIMS, LEIS (ISS), RBS, comparison of ion methods with other methods of surface analysis.
Vibrational spectroscopy - basic physical principles, rotational-vibrational Raman and infrared spectroscopy, experimental arrangements and types of samples, interpretation of spectra, time-resolved measurement, examples of experimental results.
PEEM and LEEM microscopy - physical principles, experimental equipment (common and dedicated components), imaging modes, spectral information, other modifications and extensions - FE-LEEM, SPLEEM, XPEEM, UV-PEEM.
Operando methods - surface analysis under real reaction conditions, basic methodology, electron spectroscopies of liquids and high-pressure gases (NAP-XPS/PES), microscopy in liquids and high-pressure gases (Ambient AFM, operando STM).
High-pressure chemical reactors - basic concepts of reactivity measurements in high/ambient-pressure gas phase, types of reactors, gas analysis (mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, ...), interpretation and quantification of experimental results, reaction activity, selectivity and conversion.
Gas sensors - common types of gas sensors, properties of sensors and their characterization, test stations for gas sensors, measurement of sensor characteristics in real conditions, interpretation and quantification of experimental results.
Annotation
Advanced methods, experimental equipment and other topics related to surface science, thin films, heterogeneous catalysis and chemical physics, extending core lectures of the Surface and Interface Physics study branch. Ion spectroscopies, vibrational spectroscopies, PEEM and LEEM microscopies, operando methods, chemical reactors, gas sensors.