05-MCM-CH Chemistry

The module covers fundamental topics of Surface Science and Solid State Chemistry and Physics:
- Geometric structure of crystalline solid surfaces
- Basic thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces
- Adsorption at surfaces
- Description of crystalline solids
- Methods used in solid state materials science
- Classes of compounds and materials
- Electronic structure of metals, semiconductors and insulators
- Lattice vibrations of crystalline solids
- Magnetism

After attending the module, the students have an overview over concepts in surface science and solid state chemistry and physics. They are able to apply these concepts to describe structural, electronic and thermal properties of metals, semiconductors and insulators. In addition they have a basic knowledge about synthesis of solid materials. The participants
- know and properly use basic terminology of solid state chemistry and physics and understand its meaning
- confidently classify compounds and materials based on basic structural data
- are able to enumerate different experimental possibilities to probe bulk and surface structure and composition of condensed matter
- interpret depictions of electronic band structure and vibrational spectra of crystalline solids
- know and differentiate between basic experimental methods to analyze the electronic and vibrational structure of solids
- predict electrical, magnetic and thermal properties of metals, insulators and semiconductors based on basic structural data
- predict the atomic arrangement of differently oriented surfaces based on information on surface reconstruction and adsorbate superstructures
- interpret electron diffraction patterns from solid surfaces to extract information on lattice symmetries and constants
- know the special thermodynamic features of surfaces and apply the corresponding concepts and equations

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Course Type 1: Lecture, Exercise (L+E) 1.0 SWS ( 14.0 h)

Course Type 2: Lecture, Exercise (L+E) 1.0 SWS ( 14.0 h)

Course Type 3: Lecture, Exercise (L+E) 2.0 SWS ( 28.0 h)

Tutorial(s): -

56.0 h presence time
84.0 h self-study
40.0 h exam workload

180 h total workload

module exam

exam elements: 1
SL: 0

100 % written exam

Atkins/De Paula, Atkins´ Physical Chemistry, Oxford University Press 2006; Shriver/Atkins: Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press 2006;
Oura/Lifshits/Saranin/Zotov/Katayama, Surface Science, Springer 2003; Zangwill, Physics at Surfaces, Cambridge University Press 1988 (eBook); Lüth: Solid Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films, Springer 2015
West: Basic Solid State Chemistry, Wiley 1988 (eBook); Smart/Moore: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, Taylor and Francis 2005 (eBook); Müller: Inorganic Structural Chemistry, Wiley 2007 (eBook)
Hoffmann: Solids and Surfaces: A Chemist´s View of Bonding in Extended Structures, Wiley VCH 1988; Ibach/Lüth: Solid-State Physics: An Introduction to Principles of Materials Science, Springer 2008