Syllabus
* I. Atomic structure
Surface crystallography, symmetry, reciprocal lattice, relaxation, reconstruction.
LEED, Ewald construction, diffraction pattern, kinematic and dynamic theory of intensity determination
* II. Electronic structure one-particle approach. Tamm and Shockley surface states, complex bend structure, surface electronic states many-particles approach photoelectron spectroscopy photoemission
Annotation
Technology of preparation of crystals and thin films. Structure and properties of thin films (thickness, roughness, surface energy, stresses, textures etc.). Study of nanoparticles. Dznamic light scattering, Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Other selected spectroskopic and nuclear methods. Excursions.
Principles and characteristics of individual methods, their possibilities and restrictions. In practical part typical tasks for the methods.