Surface Science

The book summarises the contemporary top level of theoretical and experimental surface science. The subdivision into a theoretical and an experimental part supports systematic access to this fast developing field of knowledge.

I. Structure at Single Crystal Surfaces.- Tensor-LEED, Diffuse LEED, and LEED Holography.- 3-D Surface Structure Analysis by X-Ray Diffraction.- Surface Structural Determination by VLEED Analysis.- Surface Structure Investigation with Ion Scattering and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy at Oxygen and Nitrogen Covered Cu3Au Surfaces.- II. Surface Electronic Properties.- Surface States on Metals.- Low-Dimensional States on Metal Surfaces.- Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Surfaces and Fermi Surface Studies Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy.- Recent Progress in Investigation of Luminescent and Electrical Phenomena from Semiconductor Cleavage.- III. Surface Composition Analysis.- Problems of Quantitative Surface Composition Analysis Using LEIS.- Studies of Alloy Surfaces by Low-Energy Ion Scattering.- Ion Beam Mixing in Metals.- Surface Segregation and Preferential Sputtering of Binary Alloys.- IV. Properties and Influence of Adsorbates.- The Determination of Adsorbate-Substrate Bonding via UPS.- Oxygen on Cu(100): From Physisorption to Chemically Induced Reconstruction.- Inelastic Phenomena of Low-Energy Particle-Surface Interactions.- Adsorption on Epitaxial Oxide Films as Model Systems for Heterogeneous Catalysis.- Kinetic Oscillations on Single Crystal Surfaces.- V. Thin Film Growth and Interfaces.- Homoepitaxiai Growth of Metals and the Role of Surfactants.- Metal-on-Metal Heteroepitaxy and the Influence of a Surfactant: Cu/O/Ru(0001).- Energetic Condensation as a Means of Inducing the Growth of Films Containing High Pressure Phases.- Atomically Abrupt Interfaces of Compound Semiconductor Heterostructures: The AlAs/GaAs Case.- Deposition and Characterization of Thin Polyimide Films.- VI. Characterization of Catalysts.- The Application of Surface Physics in Catalysis Science: Understanding Heterogeneous Catalysts for Partial Oxidation.- Characterization of Zeolite Catalysts and Related Materials by Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.- Spectroscopic Studies of Zeolite Single Crystals.- Analysis of Alumina-Supported Catalysts by XPS.- Precious Metal-Ceria Interactions in Car Exhaust Catalysts.