Lectures, demonstrations and laboratory experiments, selected from among the  following topics, depending on student interest: vacuum technology; thin-film  preparation; scanning electron microscopy; infrared spectroscopy,  ellipsometry: electron spectroscopies-Auger, photoelectron, LEED; ion  spectroscopies-SIMS, IBS, field emission; surface properties-area, roughness,  and surface tension.           

Alternate years.