LEADER 05026nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910782121503321 005 20230607222115.0 010 $a1-281-86617-2 010 $a9786611866174 010 $a1-84816-173-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000537763 035 $a(EBL)1681763 035 $a(OCoLC)815741854 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000252687 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200399 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252687 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180019 035 $a(PQKB)11243581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1681763 035 $a(WSP)0000P142 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1681763 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10255886 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL186617 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000537763 100 $a20011203d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe structure of rare-earth metal surfaces$b[electronic resource] /$fS.D. Barrett, S.S. Dhesi 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press ;$aSingapore ;$aRiver Edge, NJ $cdistributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86094-165-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-239) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS ; Preface ; List of Acronyms ; 1 Introduction to the Rare Earths ; 1.1 What's in a Name? ; 1.2 Discovery of the Rare Earths ; 1.3 Defining the Rare Earths ; 1.4 Applications of the Rare Earths ; 1.5 The Rare-Earth Metals ; 1.6 Rare-Earth Metal Surfaces 327 $a2 The Basics of Surface Structure 2.1 Real and Ideal Surfaces ; 2.2 Surface Crystallography ; 2.3 Surface Diffraction ; 3 Surface Structure Techniques ; 3.1 Electron and X-Ray Diffraction ; 3.2 Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy ; 3.3 Photoelectron Diffraction 327 $a4 Crystal Growth and Surface Preparation 4.1 Introduction ; 4.2 Purification and Growth of Bulk Single Crystals ; 4.3 Preparation of Bulk Single-Crystal Surfaces ; 4.4 Growth of Epitaxial Thin Films ; 5 Rare-Earth Surface Science ; 5.1 Introduction ; 5.2 Geometric Structure 327 $a5.3 Electronic Structure 5.4 Surface Magnetism ; 6 Quantitative Low-Energy Electron Diffraction ; 6.1 Quantitative LEED Experiments ; 6.2 Dynamical Calculations ; 6.3 Reliability Factors ; 6.4 Tensor LEED ; 7 Quantitative LEED Results ; 7.1 (0001) Surfaces ; 7.2 (1120) Surfaces 327 $a7.3 Calculated Surface Structures 7.4 Outlook ; 8 Summary - Past Present and Future ; Appendix ; Tables of Rare-Earth Metal Surface Science Studies ; Acknowledgements ; References ; Index 330 $a The Structure of Rare-Earth Metal Surfaces introduces the concepts of surface crystallography and surface-structure determination, outlines the principles of the most widely used experimental techniques and theoretical simulations, and reviews their application to the surfaces of rare-earth metals. In particular, the results of quantitative low-energy electron-diffraction experiments and multiple-scattering calculations are covered in some depth. The book is aimed at science graduates with an interest in surface crystallography.
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