The Institute of Surface Science and Corrosion within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering targets basic and applied aspects of surfaces and interfaces, elelectrochemistry of semiconductors and metals, modern aspects of micro- and nanotechnology as well as corrosion and corrosion protection. The Institute supports the transfer of fundamental knowledge into modern surface technology and promotes advancements leading up to technical applications. Due to this highly transdisciplinary approach, the scientific staff is recruited from various faculties and consists typically of physicists, chemists and materials science engineers.

Electrochemical Nanotechnology:

• AFM induced nanopatterning of semiconductor surfaces

• E-beam induced nano-masking for metal electrodeposition on semiconductor surfaces

• Selective Surface Activation using FIB implantation

• Tip induced nanostructuring of Au_xCu_y-alloys with an electrochemical STM

• Self-organized nanopatterning

• Selective pore formation

• FIB-Sensitization of semiconductor surfaces for totally selective electrochemical reactions
  

Corrosion research:

• Passivity of iron in phosphate and borate

• Anodic oxidation of Titanium

• Selective corrosion supression
  

High temperature oxidation

Surface Analysis and Microscopy:

• SEM incl. EDX

• AES/XPS

• XPS/UPS/ISS incl. sample transfer into a UHV-preparation chamber

• UHV-preparation chamber (cleaning by sputtering, heating) incl. SIMS, AES; sample transfer into a reaction chamber

• SAM incl. fracture apparatus and transfer vessel to XPS

• XRD

• Optical microscopes
  

Optical Spectroscopy:

• FT-IR spectroscopy

• Raman spectroscopy

• Spectroscopic ellipsometry
  

Scanning Probe Techniques:

• STM/AFM (non-contact) / friction microscopy in air and in electrolytes

• STM/AFM for electrochemical investigations
  

Electrochemical Characterization:

• Potentiodynamic and potentiostatic methods

• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

• Rotating ring-disc electrode

• Kelvin-Probe
  

High Temperature Oxidation:

• Furnaces equiped with thermogravimetric and volumetric detection
  

PVD:

• High-vacuum-vapour deposition system (electron-beam, thermal, Magnetron-sputtering)
  

Materials Testing:

• Temperature-humidity and salt-spray chambers

• Stress corrosion cracking testing facilities

Die Veröffentlichungen der Jahre 1999 - 2001 finden Sie in unseren Jahresberichten, in denen auch die laufenden bzw. vor kurzem beendeten Forschungsprojekte des Berichtszeitraums 01.01.1999 - 31.12.2001 dargestellt sind.

• Forschungsbericht 1999

• Forschungsbericht 2000

• Forschungsbericht 2001
  

Veröffentlichungen jüngeren Datums finden Sie auf der

• homepage
  

des Lehrstuhls unter "Forschung".

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