Physics at Surfaces

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Cambridge University Press, Mar 24, 1988 - Science - 454 pages
Physics at Surfaces is a unique graduate-level introduction to the physics and chemical physics of solid surfaces, and atoms and molecules that interact with solid surfaces. A subject of keen scientific inquiry since the last century, surface physics emerged as an independent discipline only in the late 1960s as a result of the development of ultra-high vacuum technology and high speed digital computers. With these tools, reliable experimental measurements and theoretical calculations could at last be compared. Progress in the last decade has been truly striking. This volume provides a synthesis of the entire field of surface physics from the perspective of a modern condensed matter physicist with a healthy interest in chemical physics. The exposition intertwines experiment and theory whenever possible, although there is little detailed discussion of technique. This much-needed text will be invaluable to graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics, physical chemistry and materials science working in, or taking graduate courses in, surface science.

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Contents

THERMODYNAMICS
7
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
20
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
28
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
54
PHASE TRANSITIONS
110
ELEMENTARY EXCITATIONS
138
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
163
ADSORPTION
183
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
232
PHASE TRANSITIONS
257
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
292
ENERGY TRANSFER
328
KINETICS AND DYNAMICS
360
SURFACE REACTIONS
400
EPITAXY
421
REFERENCES
433

PHYSISORPTION
185
CHEMISORPTION
204

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