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.
By:
Andrew Zangwill (Georgia Institute of Technology) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 871g ISBN:9780521347525 ISBN 10: 0521347521 Pages: 472 Publication Date:23 May 1988 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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.