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Projects below are listed according to the major instrumentation involved. For each category we include a brief description of the
instrument technique, as well as an overview of the projects currently being investigated.
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X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY |
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About x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
This gives a nice overview of the XPS technique. A worthwhile read for anyone who is breathing.
Reactions of OH radical with surface-active liquid species
Some text goes here about this project. Yay text.
Partitioning of ions at liquid surfaces
In collaboration with the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, we use XPS to probe the ion concentration
as a function of depth from the surface of liquids.
Panorama of our XPS Laboratory
Follow this link to a full 360 degree panorama of our XPS laboratory. Requires Apple QuickTime VR 5 or later
(comes with many recent complete installations of QuickTime).
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SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY |
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About scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
This gives a nice overview of the STM technique. A worthwhile read for anyone who is breathing.
Project One
This text is a place holder for item one. So is this text. Yay. Text is fun. On the other hand, this text is here simply because I'm
on a roll.
High resolution mass spectrometry of carbene dehydrogenation
This text is a place holder for item one. So is this text. Yay. Text is fun. On the other hand, this text is here simply because I'm
on a roll.
Panorama of our STM Laboratory
Follow this link to a full 360 degree panorama of our STM laboratory. Requires Apple QuickTime VR 5 or later
(comes with many recent complete installations of QuickTime).
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ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY |
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About electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), and high-resolution EELS (HREELS)
This gives a nice overview of these techniques. A worthwhile read for anyone who is breathing.
Project One
This instrument is mainly used to give graduate students fits. It has a thousand knobs and research is still underway to
determine whether these knobs do anything or not. Some speculate they might control anomalous electromagnetic fields on a
remote island in the south pacific, but that may just be an urban legend.
Panorama of the HREELS and TPD Laboratory
Follow this link to a full 360 degree panorama of the laboratory that contains our HREELS instrument.
Requires Apple QuickTime VR 5 or later
(comes with many recent complete installations of QuickTime).
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TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION |
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About temperature programmed desorption (TPD) spectroscopy
This gives a nice overview of TPD. A worthwhile read for anyone who is breathing.
Water interaction with a mixed monolayer
Mixed self-assembled monolayers of hydrophilic and hydrophobic character mimic the surfaces of processed, atmospherically
aged aerosol. We characterize the interaction of these monolayers with water to determine how the hydrophilic and hydrophobic
domain size affects the water binding.
Characterization of thiol monolayer formation on gold
Formation of self-assembled thiol monolayers on gold is a well-known technique in many fields of science. Most of these reactions
are performed in solution (e.g. ethanol), but questions remain regarding thiol monolayer formation from gas-phase adsorbates. We
are presently developing experiments to elucidate this mechanism.
Panorama of the HREELS and TPD Laboratory
Follow this link to a full 360 degree panorama of the laboratory that contains our TPD instrument.
Requires Apple QuickTime VR 5 or later
(comes with many recent complete installations of QuickTime).
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