Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Recall simple crystalline structures of solids and calculate their basic structural properties.
• Recognize the physical quantities that describe the basic properties of a material and their order of magnitude, the basic concepts of surface of a solid material and the interface between two solid phases, the basic characteristics of crystalline surfaces (chemical composition, structure, electrical properties, transport properties, chemical activity), the main experimental techniques for the study of their properties and the corresponding technological applications in various fields, both in the chemical Industry (adsorption, erogenous catalysis) and in Materials Science (electronic materials, coatings).
• Apply the principles of ultra-high vacuum technology that is necessary in the experimental study of surfaces and thin films.
• Approximately calculate density, distance of atoms, measure of elasticity, heat capacity, dielectric constant, refractive index, magnetoresistance of simple solids.
• Execute experiments  of surfaces and their properties.

1. Review, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
2. Work in interdisciplinary environment

1. Solid surfaces and interfaces - introduction.
2. The need for ultra-high vacuum for the study of individually clean surfaces -introduction to vacuum technology.
3. Surface chemical analysis.
4. Introduction to the main spectroscopic methods of chemical characterization of solid surfaces.
5.  Atomic structure of solid surfaces – 2D crystal structure elements.
6. Determination of structure by electron diffraction and scan microscopy techniques.
7.  Electronic properties of solid surfaces.
8.  Metal-semiconductor surfaces.
9.  Diffusion.
10.  Surface melting.
11.  Adsorption processes on solids surfaces.
12.  Preparation and characterization of thin films.
13.  Epitaxial thin films. 

Use of Information and Communication Technology

Power point presentations and E-class support

Assessment Method

Ι. Written final examination (100%):
- Problems to be resolved
- Theory

• C. Kittel,"Introduction to Solid State Physics", 8th edition, Wiley, 2005.
• M. Prutton, “Introduction to Surface Physics”, Oxford Science Publications, Clarenton Press, Oxford, 1994.
• Zangwill, A. (1988). Physics at Surfaces. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511622564