Physics at Surfaces

Andrew Zangwill (Author)

9780521347525, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 March 1988

472 pages, 327 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.871 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]