Research Catalog

Title

Metal surface electron physics / A. Kiejna and K.F. Wojciechowski.

Author

Kiejna, A.

Publication

Kidlington, Oxford : Elsevier Science Ltd. ; Tarrytown, New York : Elsevier Science Inc., ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Wojciechowski, Kazimierz, prof. nadzw. dr hab.

Description

viii, 303 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

Aims to introduce the reader to several theoretical aspects of the atomic and electronic structure of metal surfaces and interfaces. This book gives some theoretical background to students of experimental and theoretical physics to allow further exploration into research in metal surface physics.

Subject

• Surfaces (Physics)
• Electronic structure
• Metals > Surfaces
• Interfaces (Physical sciences)
• Elektronenstruktur
• Festkörperoberfläche
• Metalloberfläche
• SURFACES
• ELECTROMAGNETIC SURFACE WAVES
• ATOMIC STRUCTURE
• METAL SURFACES
• INTERFACES
• Interfaces (sciences physiques)
• Surfaces (physique)
• Structure électronique
• Métaux > Surfaces

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index.

Contents

I. Classical Description of Metal Surface. 1. The geometry of metal crystals and surfaces. 2. The surface of real metals. 3. Thermodynamics of the surface of crystal -- II. Quantum Theory of Metal Surface. 4. Electrons in metals. 5. Electron density functional theory. 6. Electron gas near the metal surface. 7. Sum rules and rigorous theorems for jellium surface. 8. Surface energy and surface stress. 9. Work function. 10. Work function of simple metals: relation between theory and experiment. 11. Variational electron density profiles: trial functions. 12. Image potential and image plane. 13. Metal surface in a strong external electric field. 14. Alloy surfaces. 15. Quantum size effect and small metallic particles -- III. Metal Surface in Contact with Other Bodies. 16. Adsorption of alkali atoms on metal surface. 17. Adhesion between metal surfaces. 18. Universal scaling of binding energies -- App. A.1 Fundamental constants -- App. A.2 Atomic units -- App. A.3 The quantities characteristic for the electron gas and screening -- App. B Planar average of the potential difference [delta][upsilon](r) -- App. C Surface correlation energy for the Ceperley-Alder parameterization -- App. D Linear potential approximation for a metal surface -- App. E Finite linear potential model.

ISBN

• 0080426751
• 9780080426754

LCCN

95045019

OCLC

• ocm33361379
• 33361379
• SCSB-9202761

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library