XPS

Most likely schedule:

Lecture 1: Monday 05/11 - 10:00-12:00 ¨C room V114 - Introduction to XPS/general principles/spectrum interpretation

Lecture 2: Tuesday 06/11 - 10:00-12:00 ¨C room V114 - Instrumentation.

Lecture 3: Wednesday 07/11 - 10:00-12:00 - room V130 - Planning experiments and data processing.

Lecture 4: Friday 09/11 - 10:00-12:00 - room V114 - Applications

Lab demonstration: Tuesday 13/11 - in the MiNaLab building.

Offline Data Processing: Thursday 15/11 -from 10:00 -> 12.00- room ?186

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 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