Most likely schedule:
Lecture 1: Friday 11/11 - 13.15-15.00 – room xxxx (to be defined) - Introduction to XPS
Lecture 2: Monday 14/11 - 12.15-14.00 – room xxxx (to be defined) - Instrumentation and XP spectra
Lecture 3: Wednesday 16/11 - 12.15-14.00 - room ?186 - Chemistry Department - Planning experiments and Data lab- Offline data processing using CasaXPS
Lecture 4: Thursday 17/11 - 10.15-12.00 - room xxxx (to be defined) - Applications
Lab: Monday 21/11 - 10.15 - 12.00 / 12.15 - 14.00 / 14.15 - 16.00 (three sessions) in the MiNaLab building.
Offline data processing: Wednesday 23/11 - 12.15 - 15.00 in ?186 Chemistry Department.
This module is meant to introduce the students to the instrumentation and theory of XPS, the most widely used method in surface analysis. It will contain theory and application within a framework that includes a problem solving approach to complex real world systems. The course is divided into: formal lecture material, teamwork based problem set assignments, laboratory work and off line data processing
Material to be covered:
? Instrumentation.
? Basic theory for X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
? Applications: thin films, catalysis, corrosion, adhesion, semiconductors polymers, photovoltaics, fuel cells are some indicative material fields.
Material: Material will be posted in Fronter (https://fronter.com/uio/) or distributed during the lectures.
Evaluation: Passed/failed based upon written laboratory reports.
Time and Place: Weeks 45-47.
Laboratory work: This will be done Monday 21/11 in collaboration with SINTEF.
Useful References:
? 1. Surface Analysis by Auger and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Edited by D. Briggs and J.T. Grant
? 2. An Introduction to Surface Analysis by XPS and AES by JohnF. Watts & John Wolstenholme (if you can get hold of it)
? 3. Practical Surface Analysis, vol. 1 - Auger and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Edited by D. Briggs and M.P. Seah
?4. http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/surfaces/scc/
? 5. http://www.casaxps.com/ebooks/XPS%20AES%20Book%20new%20margins%20rev%201.2%20for%20web.pdf