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Courses Taught:
General Chemistry (CHEM 1251, 1252)
Physical Chemistry (CHEM 3141, 3141L, 3142, 3142L)
Surfaces and Interfaces of Materials Chemistry (CHEM
6082)
Research Focus:
Most of my research interests are materials related. My efforts are toward
the fundamental studies of complex systems at the nanoscale with regard to
applications of materials at the macroscale. Complex systems exist at
surfaces, interfaces and thin films. The experimental techniques that I use
to study these systems are both optically and electronically based.
Scanning probe microscopies are the work-horses of my research. In
particular, the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and the newly developed
scanning thermopower microscope (STPM) are central in my studies of
surfaces and interfaces. The complex systems that are of most interest to
me are in the areas of both; "hard" materials (e.g.
semiconductors and metals) and "soft" materials (e.g.
self-assembled monolayers, biologically interesting molecules and Langmuir
films).
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