Course Offerings: Physical

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1. Introduce basic concepts in heterogeneous catalysis 2. Provide systematic, first principles approach to the science of surface reactivity 3. Unify heterogeneous catalysis and electro-catalysis 4. Illustrate by examples, primarily in energy transformations ...

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the electronic structures of various technologically-relevant materials. The electronic structures will be examined from both molecular and solid-state aspects. Optical, electrical, and magnetic properties of materials will be discussed with respect to their electronic structures. The materials of interest will include metals, insulators, semiconductors, and conductive polymers. Experimental methods for investigation of the electronic ...

The objective of this course is to introduce students to different aspects of the structure of nanoscale materials (crystal, surface, and electronic structure) from the interdisciplinary point of view. The first part of the course will focus on the surfaces and interfaces, as an integral part of condensed phases, pertaining to nanoscience and nanotechnology. Due to the reduced sizes of nanostructures, ...

Atomic and molecular clusters constitute intermediates between molecules, with clearly defined quantum states, and condensed matter where these states form bands or continua. As such, the study of clusters can be viewed as a means of unravelling the evolution of bulk properties from those of the constituent atoms/molecules. Interestingly, owing to the high ratio of surface atoms to bulk atoms, there are many analogies between the chemistry and physics of clusters and of solid surfaces. For ...