Explores the fundamentals and applications of scanning probe microscopy, including STM setup, surface reconstruction, quantum tunneling, and scanning force microscopy.
Delves into nanoscale properties, emphasizing surface effects and quantum phenomena, exploring electronic, mechanical, magnetic, photonic, and chemical properties unique to the nanoscale.
Introduces Quantum Field Theory as the way to reconcile Quantum Mechanics with Relativity, emphasizing the need for a local field due to the impossibility of instantaneous interactions at a distance.
Explores the development and implications of the Dirac equation, including its solutions, the Dirac sea concept, and the discovery of the anti-electron.
Introduces the basics of heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on catalyst types, surface reactivity, and the role of surface energy in catalytic processes.
