Atomic and Electronic Structure of Surfaces: Theoretical Foundations

Lannoo, Michel; Cardona, Manuel; Friedel, Paul

Surfaces and interfaces play an increasingly important role in today's solid state devices. In this book the reader is introduced, in a didactic manner, to the essential theoretical aspects of the atomic and electronic structure of surfaces and interfaces. The book does not pretend to give a complete overview of contemporary problems and methods. Instead, the authors strive to provide simple but qualitatively useful arguments that apply to a wide variety of cases. The emphasis of the book is on semiconductor surfaces and interfaces but it also includes a thorough treatment of transition metals, a general discussion of phonon dispersion curves, and examples of large computational calculations. The exercises accompanying every chapter will be of great benefit to the student.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 1991-04-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783540526827

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-02714-1

Dimensions: Nonecm xNonecm

Pages: 256.0