THE MATERIALS SCIENCE LABORATORY

 

Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) System

STM Ultra-High Vacuum System

STM Head InsideVacuum System

RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
IN THE MATERIALS/SURFACE SCIENCE LABORATORIES


Ultra High Vacuum System Vibrational
Spectroscopy Studies of Molecular Adsorbates on
Semiconductor Surfaces

Undergraduate Research Students
Summer 2002

Reflecting High Energy Electron Diffraction
(RHEED) System Used to Study Structure of
Semiconductor Surfaces

Using Liquid Nitrogen in RHEED System

Auger Electron Spectroscopy System Used for
Characterization of Solid Surfaces

Students working with Electron Spectroscopy and
Surface Mass Spectroscopy System Studying
Growth of Ultra-thin Semiconductor Films


Undergraduate Research Students
Summer 2003

Steve Binz at the RHEED System Computer

Mike Gahl in the Scanning Tunneling
Microscope (STM) Lab

Erich Gust and Peter Petrany problem-solving

Peter Petrany, Erika Crandall and Patrick Wood
Working on the Nd:YAG Laser

Laura Nagle working on the RHEED System