IPES

IPES - Inverse Photoemission laboratory

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The interest of the research activity is focused on the study of the empty electronic states in connection with the related filled electronic states, the structural properties and dimensionality.

The scientific activity takes also advantage from extra moenia activity carried out mainly at synchrotron radiation facilities.

The lab is linked with BEAR beamline of INFM at ELETTRA, the OGG of INFM at Grenoble, the UdR-INFM (G6 laboratory) of Modena and DIMA of the University of Modena and the theorethical group of LNF-INFN

The specific and currently active scientific topics include:

• Silicon carbide polytypes characterization focused on the effects due to the anisotropies of the hexagonal systems KRIPES versus NEXAFS: structural models and, empty electronic states (coll. LNF-INFN M. Benfatto)
  


• Growth of ordered SiC thin films on Si substrates by C₆₀ precursors (coll. S. Iannotta IFN-CNR sez. Trento, M. Sancrotti Udr BS and Dip Università Cattolica di Brescia, C. Cepek TASC)
  


• Study of transition metals interfaces with SiC(100) substrates (coll. S. Iannotta IFN-CNR sez. Trento).
  


• Carbon-based large molecules interaction with ordered surfaces; the modification of the empty molecular states during deposition and chemisorption:
  - pentacene with Ag(111) surface (coll. L. Casalis STs)
  - C₆₀ interaction with Pd(110) surface (coll. R. Felici OGG-INFM Grenoble, C. Cepek)
  


• Interfaces: Rare earth oxides on Si(100) surfaces (coll. F. Boscherini Bo UdR-INFM and Dip. Fisica Un. Bologna)