A Surface Science Laboratory

小行星9452185 该补助金的重点是为我们的课程创建新的实验，材料的物理和化学。本课程将化学和物理专业的学生聚集在一起，让他们探索材料的科学和技术。实验室练习的目的是弥合化学和物理之间的差距带来了两个学科的方面，并让学生通过分享他们的化学和物理背景综合他们的经验。 将利用为该项目提供的设备进行三项新的实验，其中包括两个超高真空站和一个扫描隧道显微镜系统。要进行的实验包括对聚合物表面上的氧等离子体的影响，金属膜的气相沉积，和金属和半导体表面的扫描隧道显微镜研究的研究。学生将学习真空技术，接触角测量，反射和透射光谱，电阻测量，扫描隧道显微镜和光谱。 该项目还将对化学和物理项目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.