Electronic Structure and Dynamics of Surface Systems

	Areas of Research - Examples
	Studies of Liquids
	Electronic Structure and Dynamics      of Surface Systems
	Studies of Reactions at Surfaces
	Surface structure, dynamics & magnetism
	Studies of surfaces with X-ray diffraction
	Environmental and materials research
	Studies of Protein Crystals
	Studies of Molecule Structures      with SAXS
	Microscopes - IR & PEEM
	Accelerator Physics
	Nuclear Physics
	Activity Reports from MAX-lab
	Seminars at MAX-lab
	Go to start Research at MAX-lab

One could say that surface science is “where the rubber hits the road”. Like a tire that grips or slips depending on its surface properties, every material’s surface properties (mechanical, optical, magnetic, electronic, and chemical) determine how it interacts with the outside world. Chemical surface behaviour in particular is central to a wide variety of technologies and important questions in basic science: The nobel prize in chemistry 2007 was awarded to Gerhard Ertl “for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces” leading to a better understanding of heterogenous catalysis.

At MAX-labs beamlines I511 and I311 scientists from different universities conduct a broad research program in surface science with many possibilities for master projects, e.g. investigations of materials for solar cells, interaction between semiconductors and organic molecules for sensor applications, corrosion of surfaces, etc.

With the soft X-ray spectroscopies available at MAX-lab we can investigate a molecule
adsorbed on a surface and how the single atoms contribute to the systems overall properties..

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