Period: Second ECTS: 4
Course contents
Topic 1 Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) overview. STM instrumentation. STM applications: characterization and nanomanipulation.
Topic 2 Theory of electronic transport and application to theoretical description of STM
Quantum transport in nanostructures (Landauer formalism, Green’s functions). STM approximations.
Topic 3 Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
AFM instrumentation. AFM applications: characterization and nanomanipulation.
Topic 4 Tip-sample interactions and AFM theory
Types of interaction in AFM: range and intensity. AFM theory.
Activity 1 Experimental practical sessions on STM and AFM
Activity 2 Theoretical simulations for STM and AFM
Bibliography
- BONNEL, D. (ed.): Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Theory, Techniques and Applications, Second Edition, Wiley, New York (2001).
- CHEN, C.J.: Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2008).
- GÜNTHERODT, H.-J. and WIESENDANGER R. (eds.): Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Springer, Berlin (1996).
- MEYER, E., HUG, H. J. AND BENNEWITZ, R.: Scanning Probe Microscopy. The Lab on a Tip, Springer, Berlin (2004).
- MORITA, S., WIESENDANGER, R. and MEYER, E. (eds.): Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy, Springer, Berlin (2002).
- MORITA, S., GIESSIBL, F. J. and WIESENDANGER, R. (eds.): Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy. Volume 2, Springer, Berlin (2009).
- SARID, S.: Scanning Force Microscopy, Oxford University Press, Oxford (1994).
- STROSCIO, J.A. and KAISER W.J. (eds.): Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Academic Press, San Diego (1993).
- WIESENDANGER, R.: Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy. Methods and Applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1994).
Faculty
Coordinator José María Gómez Rodríguez
Email josem.gomez@uam.es
Website https://www.fmc.uam.es/members/academic-staff/professors/gomez-rodriguez-jose-maria/
More info on the course official guide (Guía docente)