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FSK3740 Introduction to Scanning Probe Microscopy 6.0 credits

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus FSK3740 (Spring 2018–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The course is designed for students from a wide variety of educational backgrounds, from Physics, Chemistry and Biology, who would like to learn about the technical details of how SPMs work, and the possibilities and pitfalls in interpreting the images that SPM's produce.  We will look in detail at some of the many different modes of SPM usage, with particular emphasis on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and its many variations. 

  • SPM overview
  • Scanners, Sensors, Feedback and Control
  • Cantilevers and Tips, Force Measurements
  • Fluctuations, Noise and Fundamental Limits
  • Surface Forces, Adhesion and Friction
  • AFM Colloidal Probe Technique
  • SPM Applications in Microelectronics
  • Nonlinear Cantilever Dynamics

Intended learning outcomes

  • To provide the theoretical background and physical intuitation necessary to understand how SPM's operate and how to interpret the images they produce. 
  • To provide an practical, hands-on introduction to the operation of SPMs in a laboratory setting. 

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Solid background in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Language of instruction: English

Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

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Literature

Various articles, lecture notes, and training manuals, made available to participating students.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

G

Examination

  • LAB1 - Laboratory work, 6.0 credits, grading scale: G

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

LAB1 - Laboratory work, 6 hp 

Two Written lab reports, and either one  literature project or one simulation project.

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

This course does not belong to any Main field of study.

Education cycle

Third cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

David Haviland, haviland@kth.se

Postgraduate course

Postgraduate courses at SCI/Applied Physics