Our group studies fundamental phenomena in surface physics at the atomic length scale. Analysis, control and modification of molecules, surfaces or nanostructures are great challenges of last years. We aim to study semiconductor surfaces and metal-semiconductor or organic-semiconductor interfaces on the atomic and the nanoscopic scale. Reconstruction, relaxation and dynamics on a monocrystalline surface after a deposition of metal atoms are monitored as a function of temperature and coverage. In our group we combine following methods:

(i) nanoprobe technique (UHV VT STM/AFM)

(ii) photoelectron spectroscopy (the source of synchrotron radiation "Elettra", Trieste, Italy)

(iii) electron diffraction methods (LEED, SPA-LEED) 

(iv) advanced theoretical analysis based on DFT simulations

(v) statistical mechanics (kinetic Monte Carlo, MD, rate equations model)

The combination of these techniques allows state-of-art complex analysis of studied processes and systems.