A Surface Science Laboratory

9452185 Niederriter这笔拨款的重点是为我们的课程--材料物理与化学--创造新的实验。本课程将主修化学和物理的学生聚集在一起，让他们探索材料科学和技术。实验室练习旨在弥合化学和物理之间的差距，方法是展示这两个学科的各个方面，并让学生通过分享他们在化学和物理方面的背景来综合他们的经验。将利用为该项目提供的设备进行三个新的实验，其中包括两个超高真空站和一个扫描隧道显微镜系统。将进行的实验包括研究氧等离子体对聚合物表面的影响，金属薄膜的气相沉积，以及金属和半导体表面的扫描隧道显微镜研究。学生将学习真空技术、接触角测量、反射和透射谱、电阻测量以及扫描隧道显微镜和光谱学。该项目还将对化学和物理课程中的其他课程以及师生研究产生影响。

9452185 Niederriter The focus of this grant is the creation of new experiments for our course, The Physics and Chemistry of Materials. This course brings together students who are majoring in chemistry and in physics and has them explore the science and technologies of materials. The laboratory exercises are designed to bridge the gap between chemistry and physics by bringing out aspects of both disciplines and having students synthesize their experiences by sharing their backgrounds in both chemistry and physics. Three new experiments will be performed with equipment provided for this project, which include two ultra-high vacuum stations and a scanning tunneling microscope system. The experiments to be performed include a study of the effects of oxygen plasma on polymer surfaces, vapor deposition of metallic films, and a scanning tunnelling microscope study of metal and semiconductor surfaces. Students will be taught vacuum techniques, contact angle measurements, reflectance and transmission spectroscopy, electrical resistance measurements, and scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. This project will also have an impact on other courses in the Chemistry and Physics Programs and on student-faculty research.