Research

The Surface Science Group (SSG) at Tampere University (TAU) focuses on developing new functional materials for e.g. photonics, renewable energy and catalysis by gaining molecular level insights into physicochemical phenomena at interfaces.

The main research areas of the Surface Science Group are:

Artificial photosynthesis [J. Phys. Chem. C 2016]
Photoactive nanostructured materials [Scripta Materialia 2016]
Surface-mediated processes on metal alloys [Corrosion Science 2016]
Surface biofunctionalization of metallic materials [Nanotechnology 2014]
Functionality in surface coatings [Corrosion 2017]
Novel surface analysis instruments and systems [Surface Science Laboratory (SSL) at TAU], [NanoESCA spectromicroscopy instrument at TAU], [Multilab XPS/STM system at TAU], [MAX IV Laboratory], [FinEstBeAMS at MAX IV]
Atomic layer deposition [ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019]