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Low-Energy Electron Diffraction

Experiment, Theory and Surface Structure Determination

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  • © 1986

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Authors:
  1. Michel A. Hove

    1. Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  2. William H. Weinberg

    1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

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  3. Chi-Ming Chan

    1. Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences (SSSUR, volume 6)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. The Relevance and Historical Development of LEED

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 1-12

  3. The LEED Experiment

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 13-46

  4. Ordered Surfaces: Structure and Diffraction Pattern

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 47-90

  5. Kinematic LEED Theory and Its Limitations

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 91-144

  6. Dynamical LEED Theory

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 145-204

  7. Methods of Surface Crystallography by LEED

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 205-253

  8. Results of Structural Analyses by LEED

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 254-317

  9. Two-Dimensional Order-Disorder Phase Transitions

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 318-377

  10. Chemical Reactions at Surfaces and LEED

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 378-397

  11. Island Formation of Adspecies and LEED

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 398-426

  12. The Future of LEED

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 427-466

  13. Reference List and Table for Surface Structures

    • Michel A. Van Hove, William H. Weinberg, Chi-Ming Chan
    Pages 467-524

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 525-603
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Surface crystallography plays the same fundamental role in surface science which bulk crystallography has played so successfully in solid-state physics and chemistry. The atomic-scale structure is one of the most important aspects in the understanding of the behavior of surfaces in such widely diverse fields as heterogeneous catalysis, microelectronics, adhesion, lubrication, cor­ rosion, coatings, and solid-solid and solid-liquid interfaces. Low-Energy Electron Diffraction or LEED has become the prime tech­ nique used to determine atomic locations at surfaces. On one hand, LEED has yielded the most numerous and complete structural results to date (almost 200 structures), while on the other, LEED has been regarded as the "technique to beat" by a variety of other surface crystallographic methods, such as photoemission, SEXAFS, ion scattering and atomic diffraction. Although these other approaches have had impressive successes, LEED has remained the most productive technique and has shown the most versatility of application: from adsorbed rare gases, to reconstructed surfaces of sem­ iconductors and metals, to molecules adsorbed on metals. However, these statements should not be viewed as excessively dogmatic since all surface­ sensitive techniques retain untapped potentials that will undoubtedly be explored and exploited. Moreover, surface science remains a multi-technique endeavor. In particular, LEED never has been and never will be self­ sufficient. LEED has evolved considerably and, in fact, has reached a watershed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Michel A. Hove

  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

    William H. Weinberg

  • Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, USA

    Chi-Ming Chan

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