Part of an eight-volume series, this two-volume set addresses the fundamental aspects of surface and interface science, focusing on properties of composite surfaces (alloys, compounds, and semiconductors) and solid-solid interfaces and thin films. They emphasize the results of basic physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces and the key experimental and theoretical methods that led to them. Contributed by scientists from Europe, Asia, and the US, the 30 chapters explain the surface properties of alloys, the properties of surface alloys, surfaces of compound semiconductors, the physical properties of surface silicides, the properties of oxide surfaces, and surfaces of simple ionic crystals, ice, quasicrystals and related intermetallic alloys, and amorphous/glassy materials. The second volume details the epitaxial growth of thin films; quantum well states in metallic films, wires, and dots on metal surfaces; the magnetism of thin films; ultrathin oxide films; ordered to vitreous oxide films; graphene on crystalline metal surfaces; molecular organic films and solid substrates; magnetic clusters on surfaces; the nucleation, growth, and organization of metal nanoparticles on oxide surfaces; semiconductor quantum dots; and the physics of atomic-scale friction. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Covering interface science from a novel surface science perspective, this eight-volume handbook offers a comprehensive overview of both these and numerous other topics.
The initial chapters treat basic fundamentals on such topics as vacuum technology, while general chapters -- where appropriate -- describe theoretical methods and provide models to help explain the respective phenomena, such as band structure calculations, chemisorption and segregation. Additionally, short references to more specialized methodology accompany the descriptions of the most important techniques.
Ideal as a reference for scientists in the field, as well as an introduction to current methods for newcomers.
