This comprehensive and innovative text provides an understanding of thegeometric and electronic structure of surfaces. It addresses the surfaces ofcovalent and ... » 

This comprehensive and innovative text provides an understanding of thegeometric and electronic structure of surfaces. It addresses the surfaces ofcovalent and ionic solids and also metals. The book emphasizes fundamentalaspects such as the principles of surface crystallography and thermodynamicsthe forces driving the rearrangement of the atoms and the relationship betweenbonding and electronic structure. The book illuminates the relationship betweensurface orientation chemistry energetics and the resulting properties. Thetext includes a discussion of elementary excitations at surfaces theirdescription and measurement. The general physical arguments and methodspresented in the book will also allow the reader to analyse novel surfaces andinterfaces of new materials. This makes the book an indispensable reference toall those studying growth surfacemolecule interactions selfassembledstructures property engineering and materials development. «