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Record Nr.

UNINA9910303439303321

Autore

Benedek Giorgio

Titolo

Atomic Scale Dynamics at Surfaces : Theory and Experimental Studies with Helium Atom Scattering / / by Giorgio Benedek, Jan Peter Toennies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-662-56443-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVI, 625 p. 230 illus., 53 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Series in Surface Sciences, , 0931-5195 ; ; 63

Disciplina

530.417

Soggetti

Surfaces (Physics)

Interfaces (Physical sciences)

Thin films

Atoms

Physics

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Materials science

Materials—Surfaces

Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films

Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

Physical Chemistry

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Historical Survey -- The Theory of Surface Phonons -- Surface Forces and Structures from the Dispersion of Surface Phonons -- Theoretical Methods of Surface Dynamics -- The Atom-Surface Potential -- Theory of Atom-Surface Phonon Scattering -- Theory of Atom-Surface Phonon Scattering -- Experimental Methods -- Intensities and Resolution of HAS Experiments -- Experimental Results -- Vibrations of Adsorbates and Thin Films -- New Horizons.

Sommario/riassunto

Experimental advances in helium atom scattering spectroscopy over the last forty years have allowed the measurement of surface phonon



dispersion curves of more than 200 different crystal surfaces and overlayers of insulators, semiconductors and metals. The first part of the book presents, at a tutorial level, the fundamental concepts and methods in surface lattice dynamics, and the theory of atom-surface interaction and inelastic scattering in their various approximations, up to the recent electron-phonon theory of helium atom scattering from conducting surfaces. The second part of the book, after introducing the experimentalist to He-atom spectrometers and the rich phenomenology of helium atom scattering from corrugated surfaces, illustrates the most significant experimental results on the surface phonon dispersion curves of various classes of insulators, semiconductors, metals, layered crystals, topological insulators, complex surfaces, adsorbates, ultra-thin films and clusters. The great potential of helium atom scattering for the study of atomic scale diffusion, THz surface collective excitations, including acoustic surface plasmons, and the future prospects of helium atom scattering are presented in the concluding chapters. The book will be valuable reading for all researchers and graduate students interested in dynamical processes at surfaces.