Solvay Conference on Surface Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Opening Remarks

   1. Opening Remarks

      • J. Solvay

      Pages 1-5

3. The Structure of Surfaces

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Calculation of Surface Structural Energies

      • D. R. Hamann

      Pages 8-43

   3. A New Model for the Cleaved Si (111)-(2x1) Surface

      • D. Haneman, M. G. Lagally

      Pages 44-50

   4. Diffuse LEED, Tensor LEED, and the Structure of Random Adsorbates

      • J. B. Pendry

      Pages 51-54

   5. Surface Structure Study by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy and Diffraction

      • K. Takayanagi

      Pages 55-60

   6. Complete Surface Structures

      • P. M. Marcus, F. Jona

      Pages 61-68

4. Surface science and Catalysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. The Activation of Chemical Bonds at Surfaces

      • J. T. Yates Jr.

      Pages 74-108

   3. Collision Induced Dissociation and Desorption: CH4 on Ni(111)

      • J. D. Beckerle, A. D. Johnson, Q. Y. Yang, S. T. Ceyer

      Pages 109-113

   4. Associated Effect in Adsorbed Layer

      • K. Tamaru

      Pages 114-119

   5. The Surface Chemical Bond of Adsorbed Organic Monolayers and Adsorbate-Induced Restructuring of Surfaces

      • G. A. Somorjai, S. T. Oyama

      Pages 120-128

   6. The Atomic Structure of the Liquid-Vapor Interface of a Metal: An Example of the Influence of Strong Density Dependence of the Interatomic Potential

      • S. A. Rice

      Pages 129-137

5. Two-Dimensional Physics/Phase Transitions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Phase Transitions at Interfaces: Roughening, Surface Melting, and Triple Point Wetting

      • J. G. Dash

      Pages 142-168

   3. Theory of Surface Melting and Non-Melting

      • E. Tosatti

      Pages 169-172

   4. Is a Liquid Supported Amphiphile Monolayer Aptly Described as a Two-Dimensional System?

      • S. A. Rice

      Pages 173-180

   5. Measurement of Non-Equilibrium Diffusion from Two-Dimensional Ordering Kinetics

      • M. G. Lagally, M. C. Tringides

      Pages 181-188

   6. Metastable Magnetic Epitaxial Thin Films

      • R. F. Willis

      Pages 189-192

The articles collected in this volume give a broad overview of the current state of surface science. Pioneers in the field and researchers met together at this Solvay Conference to discuss important new developments in surface science, with an emphasis on the common area between solid state physics and physical chemistry. The contributions deal with the following subjects: structure of surfaces, surface science and catalysis, two-dimensional physics and phase transitions, scanning tunneling microscopy, surface scattering and surface dynamics, chemical reactions at surfaces, solid-solid interfaces and superlattices, and surface studies with synchrotron radiation. On each of these subjects an introductory review talk and a number of short research contributions are followed by extensive discussions, which appear in full in the text. This nineteenth Solvay Conference commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Solvay Institutes.

• EXAFS
• Helium-Atom-Streuung
• LEED
• NEXAFS
• Surface science
• catalysis
• chemistry
• electronic structure
• physical chemistry
• scattering
• semiconductor
• spectroscopy
• superlattices
• surface
• thin films

• Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

  Frederik W. Wette

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