STM Group - UC Davis

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) have been established as 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 group at UC Davis, supervised by Prof. Shirley Chiang, is utilizing STM and AFM measurements, 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 activities in this group.

Research Projects

• Experiments on Molecular Adsorbates
• Calculations of Molecular STM Images
• Low Energy Electron Microscopy of Steps on Cu(100)
• Phases of Oxygen on Cu(100)
• Epitaxial Growth of Magnetic Materials
• Adsorption of Oxygen on W(110)
• Imaging Rubbed Polymer Films

Equipment

• Variable Temperature STM
• Low Temperature STM
• Low Temperature AFM
• Surface Analysis
• Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) Microscopy
• Low Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM) / X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS)
• Surface Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (SMOKE)

Publications

People

Research Director

• Shirley Chiang

Graduate Students

• Jason Giacomo
• Tracey Johnson
• Albert Loui
• Shon Prisbrey
• Yu Sato
• Gayle Thayer

Undergraduate Students

• Jacob Shine

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) 752-5989. You can also contact the STM lab at (530) 752-3338, the LEEM lab at (530) 754-8135 or the student office message machine at (530) 752-6144
Any problems or suggestions relating to this page should be reported to Shirley Chiang at chiang@physics.ucdavis.edu

Last updated July 2001.
© Shirley Chiang - 2001.