Techniques

Question 1

Name a technique that can provide the energy levels of molecular orbitals.

Answer 1

UPS, ARPES

Question 2

Name a technique that can provide controllability in moving an individual atom around on a surface.

Answer 2

STM

Question 3

Name a technique that can provide real-time monitoring of layer-by-layer thin film deposition process.

Answer 3

RHEED

Question 4

Name a technique that can provide surface roughness, quantitatively.

Answer 4

XRF, AFM, STM

Question 5

Name a technique that can provide bulk crystal lattice structures.

Answer 5

XRD

Question 6

Name a technique that can provide surface crystal structure.

Answer 6

RHEED, LEED

Question 7

Name a technique that can provide chemical valence state for elements on a sample’s surface.

Answer 7

XPS, UPS, AES

Question 8

Name a technique that can provide chemical valence state for elements below a sample’s surface.

Answer 8

EELS, XAS

Question 9

Name a technique that can provide composition on a sample’s surface.

Answer 9

XPS, UPS, AES, ISS

Question 10

Name a technique that can provide composition of layers below a sample’s surface.

Answer 10

RBS

Question 11

Name a technique that can be used to thin down a specimen below 100 nm thickness.

Answer 11

ion milling, electrolytic thinning

Question 12

What material property is probed by PLM?

Answer 12

anisotropy

Question 13

What material property is probed by DIC?

Answer 13

derivative of phase

Question 14

How does dark field imaging in TEM work?

Answer 14

It selectively images features satisfying one particular Bragg diffracted condition.

Question 15

What are the corresponding properties probed by an STM and C-AFM?

Answer 15

LDOS and conductivity