Physics at Surfaces [Paperback]

A subject of keen scientific inquiry since the last century, surface physics emerged as an independent discipline only in the late 1960s resulting from 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. Physics at Surfaces is a unique introduction to the physics and chemical physics of solid surfaces, and atoms and molecules that interact with solid surfaces. This book 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.Preface; List of acronyms; Historical sketch; Part I. Clean Surfaces: 1. Thermodynamics; 2. Chemical analysis; 3. Crystal structure; 4. Electronic structure; 5. Phase transitions; 6. Elementary excitations; 7. Optical properties; Part II. Adsorption: 8. Physisorption; 9. Chemisorption; 10. Crystal structure; 11. Phase transitions; 12. Electronic structure; 13. Energy transfer; 14. Kinetics and dynamics; 15. Surface reactions; 16. Epitaxy; References; Index.