Surface Science Lectures on Basic Concepts and Applications

In this book "surface science" is understood in a broad sense, taken to include two-dimensional structures such as thin films and superlattices. Thecontributions reflect current research activities in surface and thin-film science in Latin-America, presenting a clear picture of the researc...

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Other Authors: Ponce, Fernando A. (Editor), Cardona, Manuel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Local Pair Phenomenological Approach to the Normal State Properties of High-Tc Superconductors
  • Low Dimensional Magnetism
  • Phase Transitions in Ultrathin Films
  • Magnetotunneling Current Through Semiconductor Microstructures
  • Preparation and Properties of High-Tc Superconducting Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Thick Films by a Melting-Quenching-Annealing Method
  • Theoretical Analysis of Surface States in Ta(100)
  • Magneto-Optical Studies of Ultrathin Fe/W(100) Films
  • X Applications: Catalysis, Corrosion, Absorbâtes
  • Chemisorption Studies of Catalytic Reactions
  • Catalytic Behavior of Perovskite-Type Oxides
  • Implanted Tin Oxide Thin Films for Selective Gas Sensing
  • Detection ofElementary Particles Using Superconducting Transition-Edge Phonon Sensors on Silicon Crystals
  • Characterization of Corrosion Film in Galvanized Steel Exposed to Atmospheric Corrosion
  • Index of Contributors
  • List of Participants
  • Heat Capacity Measurements of p-H2 and o-D2 Adsorbed on Graphite at Low Temperatures
  • The Growth of Cobalt on Cu(100): An Angle Resolved Auger Electron Spectroscopy Study
  • Water Adsorption on Copper: Artifacts Emerging During AES
  • Model Calculations of the Indirect Interaction Between Chemisorbed Atoms
  • Manifestation of Non-equilibrium Behavior in Thermal Desorption Dynamics
  • The First Stages of Oxidation of Polycrystalline Cobalt Studied with Electron Spectroscopies
  • Cluster Model for the Interaction of K with Si(100)
  • A Model to Consider Clustering Effects for Composites
  • VI Properties of Thin Films
  • Solar Energy Materials: Survey and Some Examples
  • The Optical Response of Composites at Low Filling Fractions: A New Diagrammatic Summation
  • Determination of Impurity Content in SnO2 Thin Films Using Nuclear Reactions
  • Electrochromic dc Sputtered Nickel-Oxide-Based Films: Optical Structural, and Electrochemical Characterization
  • Characterization of Palladium Contacts to a-Si:H and a-Si:N:H
  • Chemical Homogeneity and Charge Transfer in Amorphous Si-N Alloys
  • Photocurrent Oscillations in a-SiC:H Double Barrier Devices Exhibiting Negative Differential Resistance
  • Complex Refractive Index of a-Si:F Thin Films
  • Bonding Structure of Amorphous SiNx:H Films
  • TFTs with an a-SiCx:H Insulator Layer
  • Thermal Depth Profiling of Solar Cells by Acoustic Calorimetry
  • Study of the Optical Properties of CdTe Thin Films Grown by rf Sputtering
  • VIII Superlattices and Quantum Effects
  • Metallic Superlattices: Structural and Elastic Properties
  • Analysis of the Tight-Binding Description of the Structure of Metallic 2D Systems
  • Magneto-Electro Optical Absorption of a Semiconductor Superlattice
  • A Tight-Binding Study of Interface States in Ultra-Thin Quantum Wells of HgTe in CdTe
  • IX Long Range Interaction: Magnetism and Superconductivity
  • Photoluminescence Characterization of the Crystalline Quality in Intrinsic GaAs Epitaxial Layers
  • Optical Properties of Thin Films of Polymerized Acetylene Deposited by dc and rf Glow Discharge
  • Incoherent Light Assisted CuInSe2 Thin Film Processing
  • A Study of the Dispersive Behavior of an Anisotropic Gold Film on Mica
  • A Non-homogeneous Thin Film Model and the Evaluation of Its Properties by Ellipsometric Methods
  • Computer Aided Ellipsometry Applied to Thin Films
  • Electrical Resistance in Hydrogenated Nb Thin Films
  • Interdiffusion of Cu-In Films Studied by the Resistometric Method
  • Structure and Optical Absorption of Liy V2O5 Thin Films
  • VII Semiconductors
  • Phonons in Semiconductor Superlattices
  • Dispersive TransientCharge Carrier Transport in Polycrystalline Films of CdTe
  • Fabrication and Theoretical Simulation of Cu(In, Ga)Se2/(ZnCd)S Thin Film Solar Cells
  • Photoelectric Response of Thin Films for Solar Cells
  • Studies of Chemisorption with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
  • Automation and Control of a Commercial Scanning Tunneling Microscope
  • IV Interaction Between Radiation and Surfaces
  • Electron and Photon Stark Ladders in Finite Solids
  • Electron Energy Loss in STEM Spectra
  • Chemical Information from Auger Electron Spectroscopy
  • Electron Energy Loss Studies of Surface Phonons on Crystal Surfaces
  • Auger Electron Spectroscopy Measurements on Na ?”-Alumina Crystals
  • Forward Focusing Effect in the Elastic Scattering of Electrons from Cu(001)
  • XPS Characterization of Nitrogen-Implanted Titanium with Pulsed Ion Beams
  • V Processes at Surfaces: Interface Formation
  • Microscopic Phenomena in Epitaxy
  • Competition Between Nucleation and Two-Dimensional Step Growth in Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Fermi Level Readjustments on Adsorption andInterface Formation
  • Effective Dielectric Response of a Composite with Aligned Ellipsoidal Inclusions
  • I Introductory Contributions
  • The Sixth Latin American Symposium on Surface Physics
  • Professor Nicolás Cabrera Sanchez (1913-1989): A Family Perspective of His Scientific Career
  • Don Nicolás Cabrera in Mexico
  • II Electronic Structure of Surfaces
  • Dynamical Response of an Overlayer of Alkali-Metal Atoms Adsorbed on a Free-Electron Metal Surface
  • Self-Diffusion by Place Exchange on Smooth Surfaces
  • The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble
  • Surface Normal Modes of a “Real” Electron Gas
  • On Plasmon Dispersion Measurements by EELS
  • The Electronic Band Structure of Penrose Lattices: A Renormalization Approach
  • III Atomic Arrangement at Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Spin vs Charge Asymmetry in the Dimers of the Si(100)-2xl Surface
  • HRTEM of Decahedral Gold Particles
  • The Structure of Gold Icosahedral Nanoclusters
  • Reflection Electron Microscopy and Reflection Electron Diffraction in the Electron Microscope