Lucio Isa: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Prof. Dr. Lucio Isa
FieldSoft Materials and Interfaces
Address
Weiche Materialien u. Grenzflächen
ETH Zürich, HCI H 525
Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 63 76
E-maillucio.isa@mat.ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.isa.mat.ethz.ch/
DepartmentMaterials
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
327-0505-00LSurfaces, Interfaces and their Applications I Information 3 credits2V + 1UN. Spencer, M. P. Heuberger, L. Isa
AbstractAfter being introduced to the physical/chemical principles and importance of surfaces and interfaces, the student is introduced to the most important techniques that can be used to characterize surfaces. Later, liquid interfaces are treated, followed by an introduction to the fields of tribology (friction, lubrication, and wear) and corrosion.
ObjectiveTo gain an understanding of the physical and chemical principles, as well as the tools and applications of surface science, and to be able to choose appropriate surface-analytical approaches for solving problems.
ContentIntroduction to Surface Science
Physical Structure of Surfaces
Surface Forces (static and dynamic)
Adsorbates on Surfaces
Surface Thermodynamics and Kinetics
The Solid-Liquid Interface
Electron Spectroscopy
Vibrational Spectroscopy on Surfaces
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Introduction to Tribology
Introduction to Corrosion Science
Lecture notesScript Download:
https://www.ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/matl/surface/en/education/SI-A-1.html
LiteratureScript (20 CHF)
Book: "Surface Analysis--The Principal Techniques", Ed. J.C. Vickerman, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-97292
Prerequisites / NoticeChemistry:
General undergraduate chemistry
including basic chemical kinetics and thermodynamics

Physics:
General undergraduate physics
including basic theory of diffraction and basic knowledge of crystal structures
327-1207-00LSoft Materials II4 credits4GJ. Vermant, L. Isa
AbstractIn the second part of the course we will introduce the experimental tools to study the materials at the invariably wide range of length scales, which are embedded in the microstructures that generate the desired properties.
ObjectiveStudents should be able to learn which experimental tools may help to troubleshoot a problem. A key aspect is that students should learn to see which are the "knobs that can be turned", by playing with the chemistry of the building blocks, the formulation, the physical chemistry or not the process technology.