Principles of Surface Physics

• 1. Symmetry.- 1.1 Model Surfaces.- 1.2 Two-Dimensional Crystals.- 1.3 Reciprocal Space.- 2. Thermodynamics.- 2.1 Kinetic Processes and Surfaces in Equilibrium.- 2.2 Thermodynamic Relations for Surfaces.- 2.3 Equilibrium Shape of Small Crystals.- 2.4 Surface Energy and Morphology.- 2.5 Stoichiometry Dependence.- 3. Bonding and Energetics.- 3.1 Orbitals and Bonding.- 3.2 Dangling Bonds.- 3.3 Total Energy and Atomic Forces.- 3.4 Quantitative Description of Structure and Stability.- 3.5 Bond Breaking: Accompanying Charge Transfers and Atomic Displacements.- 4. Reconstruction Elements.- 4.1 Reconstruction and Bonding.- 4.2 Chains.- 4.3 Dimers.- 4.4 Adatoms and Adclusters.- 5. Elementary Excitations I: Single Electronic Quasiparticles.- 5.1 Electrons and Holes.- 5.2 Many-Body Effects.- 5.2.1 Quasiparticle Equation.- 5.3 Quasiparticle Surface States.- 5.4 Strong Electron Correlation.- 6. Elementary Excitations II: Pair and Collective Excitations.- 6.1 Probing Surfaces by Excitations.- 6.2 Electron-Hole Pairs: Excitons.- 6.3 Plasmons.- 6.4 Phonons.- 6.5 Elementary Excitations for Reduced Dimension.- 7. Defects.- 7.1 Realistic and Ideal Surfaces.- 7.2 Point Defects.- 7.3 Line Defects: Steps.- 7.4 Planar Defects: Stacking Faults.- References.

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