STM and LEEM Group - UC Davis

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Low Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM) are useful techniques for studying the surface structure of a wide variety of materials, finding applications in the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, and biology. The STM and LEEM group at UC Davis, supervised by Prof. Shirley Chiang, is utilizing STM and LEEM images, in combination with other more standard surface science techniques, to investigate a broad range of problems relating to condensed matter physics and chemistry. These pages will describe the people, equipment and research

Research Projects

• LEEM and STM Studies of Metal on Semiconductor Growth and Phase Transitions
  • Pb/Ge(111)
  • Ag/Ge(111)
  • Au/Ge(111)
  • Ag/Ge(110)
  • Ag/Ge(100)
  • Ir/Ge(111)
  • Ir/Ge(110)
• Earlier Research Projects on Molecules on Metals
  • Furan decomposition on Pd(111)
  • Xylene adsorption on Pd(111)
  • Benzene adsorption on Pd(111)

Equipment

• Low Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM) / Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) / X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS)

Publications

People

Research Director

• Shirley Chiang

Graduate Students

• Cory Mullet
• Marshall van Zijll
• Bret Stenger

Undergraduate Students

• Dan Rubin
• William Mann

Former Group Members

Links to Other Interesting Sites

Glossary of Surface Science Terminology

For more information about the UC Davis STM Group please contact Shirley Chiang at chiang@physics.ucdavis.edu or (530) 402-7113. You can also contact the STM lab at (530) 752-3338 in the Physics basement or the LEEM lab, 122A Kemper Hall, at (530) 754-8135.

Any problems or suggestions relating to this page should be reported to Shirley Chiang at chiang@physics.ucdavis.edu

Last updated July 2011.
© Shirley Chiang - 2011.