Physics at SurfacesPhysics 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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... effect and Clinton Davisson was co-recipient of the 1937 prize for his electron diffraction work with Lester Germer that confirmed the wave nature of quantum mechanical particles. Although Davisson and Germer were aware that they were ...
... effect and Clinton Davisson was co-recipient of the 1937 prize for his electron diffraction work with Lester Germer that confirmed the wave nature of quantum mechanical particles. Although Davisson and Germer were aware that they were ...
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... effect of small variations in the area of the system, e.g., by stretching. We assume that the energy change associated with this process is described adequately by linear elasticity theory (Landau & Lifshitz, 1970). Accordingly, (1.1) ...
... effect of small variations in the area of the system, e.g., by stretching. We assume that the energy change associated with this process is described adequately by linear elasticity theory (Landau & Lifshitz, 1970). Accordingly, (1.1) ...
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... effect, known as creep, occurs because of rapid atomic diffusion under the influence of surface forces. By opposing this creep with known external forces, the surface tension can be determined. These experiments are rather difficult to ...
... effect, known as creep, occurs because of rapid atomic diffusion under the influence of surface forces. By opposing this creep with known external forces, the surface tension can be determined. These experiments are rather difficult to ...
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... effects. At very low temperature any given facet is microscopically flat with only a few thermally excited surface vacancies or defects (Fig. 1.9a). However, at higher temperature more and more energetic fluctuations in the local height ...
... effects. At very low temperature any given facet is microscopically flat with only a few thermally excited surface vacancies or defects (Fig. 1.9a). However, at higher temperature more and more energetic fluctuations in the local height ...
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... effect using a source of monochromatic X-rays, typically Mg Ko (1254 eV) or A1 Ko (1487 eV) radiation. Again, the spectrum of emitted electrons (known as the energy distribution curve or EDC) invariably displays peaks at kinetic ...
... effect using a source of monochromatic X-rays, typically Mg Ko (1254 eV) or A1 Ko (1487 eV) radiation. Again, the spectrum of emitted electrons (known as the energy distribution curve or EDC) invariably displays peaks at kinetic ...
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