The Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Surfaces (LFMS – Laboratorio di Fisica dei materiali e delle Superfici) and related research group (GFMS) of the Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari” is dedicated to the investigation of the optical and electronic properties of surfaces, interfaces and thin films. It includes facilities for film growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) in ultra-high-vacuum.  

Main techniques and methods

Photoemission (UPS, XPS, angle resolved), Auger spectroscopy, Electron Energy Loss spectroscopy (EELS), Metastable deexcitation spectroscopy, MBE growth of organic and inorganic materials, Luminescence, Vis-UV absorption and reflectivity, quantum yield.

Key instumentation

• VG X-ray XR3 double anode source
• Omicron EA125 electron Analyser
• Specs EQ22 electron gun
• Specs RHEED gun
• Specs LEED
• VG UPS source with polarization selector
• Vis-UV reflectometer/spectrophotometer for absorption and reflectivity with polarized light equipped with USB4000-XR1 Spectrometer and a Deuterium-Tungsten Halogen Combination Source from Ocean Optics
• QE-Pro Luminescence spectrophotometer and multi colour excitation LEDs from Ocean Optics

• Knudsen cells for inorganic and organic materials
• e-beam evaporators
• Quartz microbalance