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Author:   Friedhelm Bechstedt
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.490kg
ISBN:  

9783540006350

ISBN 10:   3540006354
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   11 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1. Symmetry.- 1.1 Model Surfaces.- 1.1.1 Surface Versus Bulk.- 1.1.2 The Surface as a Physical Object.- 1.2 Two-Dimensional Crystals.- 1.2.1 Lattice Planes of Bulk Crystals.- 1.2.2 Oriented Slabs.- 1.2.3 Ideal Surfaces. Planar Point Groups.- 1.2.4 Real Surfaces: Reconstruction and Relaxation.- 1.2.5 Superlattices at Surfaces.- 1.2.6 Wood Notation.- 1.2.7 Symmetry Classification.- 1.3 Reciprocal Space.- 1.3.1 Direct and Reciprocal Lattices.- 1.3.2 Brillouin Zones.- 1.3.3 Projection of 3D Onto 2D Brillouin Zones.- 1.3.4 Symmetry of Points and Lines in Reciprocal Space.- 2. Thermodynamics.- 2.1 Kinetic Processes and Surfaces in Equilibrium.- 2.2 Thermodynamic Relations for Surfaces.- 2.2.1 Thermodynamic Potentials.- 2.2.2 Surface Modification of Thermodynamic Potentials.- 2.2.3 Surface Tension and Surface Stress.- 2.3 Equilibrium Shape of Small Crystals.- 2.3.1 Anisotropy of Surface Energy.- 2.3.2 Absolute Values for Surface Energies.- 2.3.3 Wulff Construction.- 2.4 Surface Energy and Morphology.- 2.4.1 Facetting and Roughening.- 2.4.2 3D Versus 2D Growth.- 2.4.3 Formation of Quantum Dots.- 2.5 Stoichiometry Dependence.- 2.5.1 Thermodynamic Approach.- 2.5.2 Approximations for Surface Energies.- 2.5.3 Chemical Potentials.- 2.5.4 Phase Diagrams.- 2.5.5 Stability of Adsorbates.- 3. Bonding and Energetics.- 3.1 Orbitals and Bonding.- 3.1.1 One-Electron Picture.- 3.1.2 Tight-Binding Approach.- 3.1.3 Atomic Orbitals and Their Interaction.- 3.1.4 Bonding Hybrids.- 3.1.5 Bonds and Bands.- 3.2 Dangling Bonds.- 3.2.1 Formation of Dangling Hybrids.- 3.2.2 Influence on Electronic States.- 3.3 Total Energy and Atomic Forces.- 3.3.1 Basic Approximations.- 3.3.2 Potential Energy Surface and Forces.- 3.3.3 Surface Diffusion.- 3.4 Quantitative Description of Structure and Stability.- 3.4.1 Density Functional Theory.- 3.4.2 Band-Structure and Interaction Contributions.- 3.4.3 Modeling of Surfaces.- 3.5 Bond Breaking: Accompanying Charge Transfers and Atomic Displacements.- 3.5.1 Characteristic Changes in Total Energy.- 3.5.2 Energy Gain Due to Structural and Configurational Changes.- 3.5.3 Energy Gain and Electron Transfer.- 4. Reconstruction Elements.- 4.1 Reconstruction and Bonding.- 4.1.1 Metallic Bonds.- 4.1.2 Strong Ionic Bonds.- 4.1.3 Mixed Covalent and Ionic Bonds.- 4.1.4 Principles of Semiconductor Surface Reconstruction.- 4.1.5 Electron Counting Rules.- 4.2 Chains.- 4.2.1 Zig-Zag Chains of Cations and Anions.- 4.2.2 ?-bonded Chains.- 4.2.3 Seiwatz Chains.- 4.3 Dimers.- 4.3.1 Symmetric Dimers.- 4.3.2 Asymmetric Dimers.- 4.3.3 Heterodimers.- 4.3.4 Bridging Groups.- 4.4 Adatoms and Adclusters.- 4.4.1 Isolated Adatoms.- 4.4.2 Adatoms Accompanied by Rest Atoms.- 4.4.3 Adatoms Combined with Other Reconstruction Elements.- 4.4.4 Trimers.- 4.4.5 Tetramers.- 5. Elementary Excitations I: Single Electronic Quasiparticles.- 5.1 Electrons and Holes.- 5.1.1 Excitation and Quasiparticle Character.- 5.1.2 Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy.- 5.1.3 Photoemission Spectroscopy and Inverse Photoemmission.- 5.1.4 Satellites.- 5.2 Many-Body Effects.- 5.2.1 Quasiparticle Equation.- 5.2.2 Quasiparticle Shifts and Spectral Weights.- 5.2.3 Screening Near Surfaces.- 5.3 Quasiparticle Surface States.- 5.3.1 Surface Barrier.- 5.3.2 Characteristic Energies.- 5.3.3 State Localizaton.- 5.3.4 Quasiparticle Bands and Gaps.- 5.4 Strong Electron Correlation.- 5.4.1 Image States.- 5.4.2 Mott-Hubbard Bands.- 6. Elementary Excitations II: Pair and Collective Excitations.- 6.1 Probing Surfaces by Excitations.- 6.1.1 Optical Spectroscopies.- 6.1.2 Light Propagation in Surfaces.- 6.1.3 Electron Energy Losses.- 6.1.4 Raman Scattering.- 6.2 Electron-Hole Pairs: Excitons.- 6.2.1 Polarization function.- 6.2.2 Two-Particle Hamiltonian.- 6.2.3 Excitons.- 6.2.4 Surface Exciton Bound States.- 6.2.5 Surface-Modified Bulk Excitons.- 6.3 Plasmons.- 6.3.1 Intraband Excitations.- 6.3.2 Plasma Oscillations.- 6.3.3 Surface and Bulk Modes.- 6.4 Phonons.- 6.4.1 Harmonic Lattice Dynamics.- 6.4.2 Surface and Bulk Modes.- 6.4.3 Rayleigh Waves.- 6.4.4 Fuchs-Kliewer Phonons.- 6.4.5 Influence of Relaxation and Reconstruction.- 6.5 Elementary Excitations for Reduced Dimension.- 7. Defects.- 7.1 Realistic and Ideal Surfaces.- 7.2 Point Defects.- 7.2.1 Vacancies.- 7.2.2 Impurities.- 7.2.3 Antisites.- 7.3 Line Defects: Steps.- 7.3.1 Geometry and Notation.- 7.3.2 Steps on Si(100) Surfaces.- 7.3.3 Steps on Si(111) Surfaces.- 7.4 Planar Defects: Stacking Faults.- 7.4.1 Defect, Reconstruction Element or Bulk Property?.- 7.4.2 Si on Si(111)?3?3-B.- References.

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From the reviews: <p> This book contains quite exhaustive information and allows the reader to take confidence with the typical concepts of surface science, both from the theoretical and the experimental points of view a ] . The attempt to shed light at graduate-student level on such an important and recent topic from a theoretical point of view is extremely positive and is the major value of the book. a ] Readers at any levels, from graduate students to more experienced researchers, could gain insight from this book. (Prof. Gianfranco Pacchioni, ChemPhysChem, Vol. 6 (3), 2005)

From the reviews: This book contains quite exhaustive information and allows the reader to take confidence with the typical concepts of surface science, both from the theoretical and the experimental points of view ! . The attempt to shed light at graduate-student level on such an important and recent topic from a theoretical point of view is extremely positive and is the major value of the book. ! Readers at any levels, from graduate students to more experienced researchers, could gain insight from this book. (Prof. Gianfranco Pacchioni, ChemPhysChem, Vol. 6 (3), 2005)

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