Macro- to nano-structuration of Surfaces

This teaching unit is an introductory course on surface structuration. The topics treated during the TU are as follows:
    i) reminders on surface properties (surface roughness and energy) (2 hours); 

   ii) surface modification by physical methods: from deposition methods (thermal evaporation, spin-coating), etching/functionalization methods (plasma techniques) to photolithography techniques (7 hours);

    iii) surface modification by chemical methods: from the gas phase: Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD), Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), or from solution phase: self-assembled monolayers, electrochemical methods (electrografting, electrodeposition, electropolymerization) (8 hours);

    iv) Printing deposition techniques: definition, process and applications; inks and substrates properties and interaction, examples of printing techniques (inkjet, screen-printing, capillary printing). Examples and applications of surface structuration by printing (7 hours). 

Basic knowledge on surface properties (UE Basis of Surface Chemistry M1S1)