Teaching Plan Information

1. Course details

1.1. Content area

SURFACE AND INTERFACE CHEMISTRY: EXPERIMENTATION AND MODELLING

1.2. Course nature

Optional

1.3. Course level

Máster (EQF/MECU 7)

1.4. Year of study

2

1.5. Semester

Second semester

1.6. ECTS Credit allotment

6.0

1.7. Language of instruction

English/French

1.8. Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites. 

1.9. Recommendations

Not applicable. 

1.10. Minimum attendance requirement

Attendance is mandatory. 

1.11. Subject coordinator

Mónica Calatayud (Sorbonne University). 

1.12. Competences and learning outcomes

1.12.1. Competences

BASIC AND GENERAL

GC01 - Students are able to promote, in academic and professional contexts, technological and scientific progress within a knowledge-based society and respect for: a) fundamental rights and equal opportunities between men and women, b) the principles of equal opportunities and universal accessibility for people with disabilities and c) the values of a culture of peace and democratic values.

GC03 - Students are able to work in multidisciplinary teams and with their peers respecting the principle of equality between men and women.

CG04 - Students develop critical thinking and reasoning and know how to communicate in an egalitarian and non-sexist way both orally and in writing, in their own language and in a foreign language.

CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.

CB7 - Students are able to apply their acquired knowledge and problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.

CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgements based on incomplete or limited information, including reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgements.

TRANSVERSALS

CT02 - The student is organised in his/her work, demonstrating that he/she knows how to manage time and resources.

CT10 - Predicting and controlling the evolution of complex situations through the development of new and innovative work methodologies adapted to the scientific/research and professional field.

TC13 - Ability to assume responsibility for one's own professional development, in accordance with the challenges and opportunities posed by society.

SPECIFIC

SC21 - Knows the theories and calculation methods for the study of solids and surfaces; critical evaluation of their applicability to problems of catalysis, magnetism, conductivity, etc.

SC22 - Knows the existence of advanced computational techniques such as: instruction and data pipelining, superscalar and multiscalar processors, chain operations, parallel platforms, etc.

1.12.2. Learning outcomes

Not applicable. 

1.12.3. Course objectives

This course aims at acquiring a comprehensive set of knowledge to deal with the chemistry of material surfaces. It will be offered by the Sorbonne University of Paris who will be the organisers.

1.13. Course contents

This course is organised around three main themes: surface fundamentals, detailed descriptions of experimental and theoretical characterisation techniques and theoretical modelling, illustrated by various applications. theoretical characterisation techniques and theoretical modelling of surfaces, illustrated by various applications. The most commonly used experimental and theoretical tools for surface characterisation will be described, compared and demonstrated.

The most commonly used experimental and theoretical tools for spectroscopic or microscopic characterisation of surfaces (i.e. STM, AFM, LEED, XPS, ToF-SIMS, ... and DFT) in the framework of different application domains for materials such as energy, catalysis, biomaterials, corrosion, microelectronics, transport, ... This course aims at acquiring a complete set of knowledge to deal with the chemistry of the surface chemistry of materials.

1.14. Course bibliography

• H.-J. Butt, K. Graf, M.Kappl, Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces, 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. ISBN 3-527-40413-9.
• G.T. Barnes, I.R. Gentle, Interfacial Science: an introduction (2 ed.), 2010 Oxford University Press, ISBN on 978-0-19-657118-5.
• A. J. Bard, L. R. Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications (2 ed.) 2001 John on Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 978-0471043720.

2. Teaching-and-learning methodologies and student workload

2.1. Contact hours

2.2. List of training activities

3. Evaluation procedures and weight of components in the final grade

3.1. Regular assessment

The final mark for the course will be based on: 20% final exam of the course and 80% corresponding to the delivery of a report of exercises proposed by the professor.

3.1.1. List of evaluation activities

3.2. Resit

The evaluation will be based on the delivery of a report with the proposed exercises.

3.2.1. List of evaluation activities

4. Proposed workplan

The course will be organized by Sorbonne University.