Surface Electronic Properties
| Numbering Code | G-ENG11 5C819 LB72 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
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| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Tue.5 | |
| Instructor name | KOBAYASHI KEI (Graduate School of Engineering Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
[Course outline] The course explains the structures and the electronic states of solid surfaces which are the microscopic origins of the electrical and the optical properties at surfaces and/or interfaces. It also explains the mesoscopic quantum phenomena related to the surfaces. |
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| Course Goals |
[Course goals] The course specific goals are to understand a wide variety of the properties of surfaces as the two-dimensional borders of three-dimensional bulk materials and to learn electronic materials from the point of view of surface science. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
[Course Plan] Background of surface studies (2) The lecture covers the following topics: History of surface science, Surface phenomena in a variety of science and engineering fields, Development of semiconductor devices, Nanometer-scale science of surfaces, Definition of surfaces and interfaces. Spatial structures and electronic structures (3) The lecture covers the following topics: Surface spatial structures, Two-dimensional Bravais lattices, Surface relaxation and reconstruction, Surface morphology, Electronic structures in solids, Tight binding model, Surface electronic structures. Quantum states of atoms and electrons (4) The lecture covers the following topics: Quantum mechanical description of atoms and electrons, Mixing and hybridization of atomic orbitals, Relationship between surface structures and electronic states. Electronic states in surface reconstruction (2) The lecture covers the following topics: Surface Reconstruction of semiconductors (Si, GaAs), Surface dimerization, Modification of surface atom orbitals, Charge transfer between surface atoms. Mesoscopic phenomena and low-dimensional materials (3) The lecture covers the following topics: Electronic properties of low-dimensional materials, Single electron tunneling, Quantized conductance, Tow-dimensional materials, Carbon nanotubes, Graphene. Final check for the understanding of the course (1) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluation is based on three or four reports assigned in lectures. | |||
| Course Requirements | Basics of solid state physics. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | The lecture content must be well reviewed. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Handouts will be distributed for some of the lectures. | ||
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