Showing papers in "Progress in Surface Science in 2007"

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the available experimental and theoretical information for zinc oxide surfaces is presented, with a focus on the interaction of hydrogen on the surface of oxide surfaces. But the authors do not discuss the physical properties of these surfaces.

TL;DR: In this paper, the model molecule 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA) and the noble metal surfaces of Cu, Ag, and Au were studied.

TL;DR: In this paper, the design, structure, and function of monolayers composed of bistable photochromic switches, which can control chirality, wettability, conductivity and self-assembly are described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy studies of SiO 2 /Si interfaces that play fundamental roles in metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field effect transistors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the various theoretical approaches that have recently been developed to interpret the two-photon photoemission (2PPE) spectra from clean and adsorbate-covered metal surfaces.

TL;DR: In this paper, a femtosecond time-resolved two-photon photoemission (TR-2PPE) signal was used to determine the adsorption geometry of a large organic chromophore perylene with different anchor/bridge groups.

TL;DR: In this article, a model for electron scattering at surfaces is proposed, with time-, energy-and angle-resolved two-photon photoemission quasi-elastic intraband and resonant interband scattering processes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the correlation of magnetism and surface structure in ultrathin metal films, including the tailoring of novel magnetic properties using atomic scale control of the nanostructure.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review recent experimental and theoretical investigations of alkalis adsorbed on noble metal surfaces, with emphasis on the characteristics of the alkaliinduced excited states, the origin of their long lifetimes, and the consequences for the adsorbate dynamics.

TL;DR: The angular and velocity distributions of desorbing surface reaction products with hyper-thermal energy have been used to obtain the most direct structural information of the product formation site.

TL;DR: In this article, precise in situ measurements of the ultrafast dephasing time T 2 of localized surface plasmon polariton resonances in colloidal gold nanoparticles with the objective to identify the involved damping mechanisms are presented.

TL;DR: In this article, a spin-dependent electron dynamics was studied on two-photon photoemission experiment with unprecedented resolution and adequate sensitivity, which allows us to study spin-independent electron dynamics and gain insight into resonant intra-and interband scattering processes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of first-principles computations for the lifetime of excited electrons in various metals are presented, in addition to crystalline systems also calculations of the electronic lifetimes in surface states of these materials are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, an ab initio scheme for the calculation of the electronic structure of surfaces was developed based on the combination of density functional calculations using finite slabs and the use of recursive methods to obtain the surface Green's function of the surface.

TL;DR: In this article, the decay rates of electron and hole excitations at metal surfaces as determined by a scanning tunnelling microscope are presented and discussed, including surface-localised electron states as diverse as Shockley-type surface states and quantum well states confined to ultrathin alkali metal adsorption layers.

TL;DR: In this article, the fundamental properties of these systems and the experimental highlights in the study of rare gas and simple molecular overlayers on noble metal surfaces since the early 90s have been discussed.