Atomic and Electronic Structure of Surfaces

Surfaces and interfaces play an increasingly important role in today's solid state devices. In this book the reader is introduced, in a didactic manner, to the essential theoretical aspects of the atomic and electronic structure of surfaces and interfaces. The book does not pretend to give a complete overview of contemporary problems and methods. Instead, the authors strive to provide simple but qualitatively useful arguments that apply to a wide variety of cases. The emphasis of the book is on semiconductor surfaces and interfaces but it also includes a thorough treatment of transition metals, a general discussion of phonon dispersion curves, and examples of large computational calculations. The exercises accompanying every chapter will be of great benefit to the student. §Vor allem wegen ihrer technologischen Bedeutung ist die Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik ein Gebiet, das immer mehr zum maßgeblichen Bestandteil des Hauptstudiums wird. Dieses ist eines der ersten Bücher für Studenten, das die wesentlichen theoretischen Grundlagen der atomaren und elektronischen Struktur von Oberflächen beschreibt. Der didaktische Ansatz und die Übungsaufgaben, die jedes Kapitel abrunden, werden dem Studenten sehr hilfreich sein. Surfaces andinterfaces play an increasingly important role in today's solid state devices. In this book the reader is introduced, in a didactic manner, to the essential theoretical aspects of the atomic and electronic structure of surfaces and interfaces. The book does not pretend to give a complete overview of contemporary problems and methods. Instead, the authors strive to provide simple but qualitatively useful arguments that apply to a wide variety of cases. The emphasis of the book is on semiconductor surfaces and interfaces but it also includes a thorough treatment of transition metals, a general discussion of phonon dispersion curves, and examples of large computational calculations. The exercises accompanying every chapter will be of great benefit to the student.