course:

Thin Solid Films I

type:

lecture + exercises

lecturer:

Rätzke

semester:

SS

hours per week:

3

ECTS credits:

4

content:

 1) introduction and some basics
 2) Vacuum Physics
 3) Deposition Methods
 4) Properties of Thin Films
 5) Thin Film Growth
 6) Characterization
 7) Epitaxy
 

literature:

M. Ohring, The Materials Science of Thin films, Academic Press, 1992
D.L. Smith, Thin Film Deposition, McGraw Hill, 1995
K.N. Tu et al. Electronic Thin Film Science, Macmillan, 1992
R.C. O'Handley, Modern Magnetic Materials, Wiley, 2000

requirements:

Formal:
(Mathematics for Material Scientists)
Metals I (passing written exam not necessary)
knowledge:
familiar with basic mathematics, Add, Subtract, multiplication, Division
familiar with extended mathematics: Logarithm, Exponential functions, fractional arithmetics, trigonometrics
Basic knowledge in differential- und Integral calculus: differentiation, Partial derivatives, what is an integral equation?
Basic knowledge in physics, as offered in secondary school (z.B. current, voltage, Ohms law, pressure, forces, how are atoms buildt, atomic binding)
Reading and interpretation of graphical representations of physical facts including the ability to convert different systems of units. (SI, cgs, UK )

examination:

written