Showing papers in "Progress in Surface Science in 2000"

TL;DR: In this article, the structural phases and the growth of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are reviewed from a surface science perspective, with emphasis on simple model systems, and a summary of the techniques used for the study of SAMs is given.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the trends observed when elemental and multicomponent materials are exposed to energetic ion beams, focusing on low-energy (low-energy) sputtering.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey of existing micro-kinetic models of heterogeneous catalytic reactions is presented, where three classes of Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) mechanisms are shown to be suitable for microkinetic modeling.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the principle of detailed balance to study the dynamics of H2 recombinative desorption at surfaces, which can be related to the reverse process of dissociative chemisorption.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the dissociative adsorption and associative desorption dynamics of H 2 (D 2 ) molecules on/from Cu and Pd surfaces, which are typical examples of an activated and a non-activated system, respectively, and discuss how the orientation affects the dynamics of hydrogen on these surfaces and brings about such dynamical processes as steering and dynamical quantum filtering.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on cases where the projectiles impinge on the surface at glancing angles of incidence, and apply concepts for the description of atomic collisions in the gas phase can be partly applied to interactions of atomic projectiles with solid surfaces.

TL;DR: In this paper, a critical review of the current status of theoretical models to describe the elastic electron backscattering phenomenon is presented, and particular stress is put on determination of the accuracy and range of validity of various analytical models by comparison to extensive Monte Carlo simulations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the image potential in electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) of fast electrons commonly used in scanning transmission electron microscopy travelling near a surface is studied.

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that diAuse intensity distributions appearing with disordered adsorption on a crystalline substrate can be interpreted in a holographic sense by the single adatom acting as a beam splitter for the primary electron beam.

TL;DR: In this paper, the growth of ultrathin films of Co on Cu(111) is studied as a function of film thickness, and weak backscattering signals in the angular pattern of adsorbate emission are observed for the first time.

TL;DR: Using the field ion microscope and scanning tunneling microscope, the authors have directly observed many elementary surface atomic and molecular processes at terraces and steps and measured the activation barrier heights of these processes, and also studied their atomic mechanisms in detail.

TL;DR: In this article, the eigenchannels are calculated self-consistently for Au atom wires at finite bias voltage and the nonlinear conductance is explored in relation to the oAset energies of d band channels.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the short-range dangling-bond type of interaction between the tip and the surface is decisive in achieving atomic resolution on a number of reactive surfaces, namely, the Takayanagi reconstructed Si(111), InP(110), and GaAs(110).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used density functional theory to establish databases of surface energies for low index surfaces of monoatomic metals and of surface segregation energies of single transition metal impurities in transition metal hosts.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the performance of the multiple-scattering approach with anisotropic potentials and the Bloch-wave development relying on pseudopotential, as well as on singular potential formulations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the structure determination of compound surfaces of growing complexity, and the issue of stability of complex and compound surfaces and the resulting concerns about experimental surface preparation and reproducibility.

TL;DR: In this paper, structural, electronic and energetical aspects of ordered overlayers which were prepared by depositing Cs and CO on the (2×2)−O-precovered Ru(0001) surface were studied.