New Perceptions of Structure: Scanning Probe Microscopy in the Undergraduate Laboratory

扫描探针显微镜的领域正在迅速扩大。扫描隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜在物理、化学和材料科学领域的工业和研究中得到了应用。为了保持我们系的卓越，这所大学正在获得扫描探针显微镜，并将它们整合到几门实验室课程中。目标课程包括现代物理实验室、物理化学实验室、高级实验室和表面科学。学生在二年级、三年级和四年级注册这些课程。由于这些课程大多是各自专业的必修课，学生们在多门课程中使用这些设备。该设备还可以用于学生研究，与独立研究课程结合使用，以及用于夏季研究计划。

The field of scanning probe microscopy is expanding rapidly. Scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes are being utilized in applications in industry and research in the fields physics, chemistry, and materials science. To maintain the excellence of our departments, the university is obtaining scanning probe microscopes and integrating them into several laboratory courses. The targeted courses are Modern Physics Laboratory, Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Advanced Laboratory, and Surface Science. Students enroll in these courses during their sophomore, junior, and senior years. Since most of these courses are required of the respective majors, students use the equipment in multiple courses. The equipment can also be used in student research, in conjunction with independent research courses, and for a summer research program.