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:

Artificial photosynthesis [Nanoscale 2024], [Surface and Coatings Technology 2024], [Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022], [Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020], [ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019], [ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019], [Chemistry of Materials 2018], [Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2016]
Photoactive nanostructured materials [Materials and Design 2024], [Nanoscale Advances 2022], [Acta Materialia 2019], [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]

The main research facilities of the Surface Science Group:

Novel surface analysis instruments and systems [Surface Science Laboratory at TAU], [NanoESCA spectromicroscopy instrument at TAU], [Multilab XPS/STM system at TAU]
Synchrotron Radiation Facilities [MAX IV Laboratory], [FinEstBeAMS at MAX IV], [Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2022], [Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 2020]
Atomic layer deposition [ACS Applied Engineering Materials 2024], [Acta Materialia 2022], [ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019]