Fall
2003
Lectures (2 hours) T 2:00p –
3:40p (Tentative)
Laboratory (3 hours) W 3:00p
– 5:45p (Tentative)
Instructor:
Prof. Chuhee Kwon
Office:
PH2-120
Phone:
(562)985-4855
E-mail:
ckwon@csulb.edu
Office Hours:
T 1:00p – 2:00p
Other hours by appointment
Text:
Atomic Force Microscopy for Biologists, Morris, Kirby, and
Gunning (Imperial College Press,
1999) and Handout materials
Prerequisite:
PHYS154; PHYS450 or consent of the instructor.
Course Requirements:
a.
One mid-term
exam.
b.
Laboratory reports after
each experiments
c.
Final
project
Evaluation:
Mid-term
30%
Laboratory Reports
40%
Final Project
30%
Objectives of the
course:
(1)
Learn the operation of a
scanning probe microscope (SPM).
(2)
Understand physics behind
SPM.
(3)
Realize practical
applications of textbook physics.
List of
Topics
(1)
What is Scanning Probe
Microscopy?
(2)
Background
Physics
(3)
Electron Tunneling Phenomena
(4)
Intermolecular Microscopic
Interactions
(5)
Magnetic Force Microscopy
(6)
Spectroscopy
(7)
Piezoelectricity
List of
Experiments
1.
Laser beam alignment,
microscope usage, and looking at a substrate (Contact AFM)
2.
Cracked sample (Contact and
Tapping AFM)
3.
Blood sample (Tapping
AFM)
4.
Calibration of
Scanner
5.
Graphite
(STM)
6.
SCCO sample
7.
IC
chips
8.
MFM