This book presents the state of the art in nanoscale surface physics. It outlines contemporary trends in the field covering a wide range of topical areas: atomic structure of surfaces and interfaces, molecular films and polymer adsorption, biologically inspired nanophysics, surface design and pattern formation, and computer modeling of interfacial phenomena. Bridging "classical" and "nano" concepts, the present volume brings attention to the physical background of exotic condensed-matter properties. The book is devoted to Iwan Stranski and Rostislaw Kaischew, remarkable scientists, who played a crucial role in setting up the theoretical fundamentals of nucleation and crystal growth phenomena in the last century.
Author(s): K. Binder, Y.H. Chui, P. Nielaba, A. Ricci, S. Sengupta (auth.), Michail Michailov (eds.)
Series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences 47
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 284
Tags: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films;Condensed Matter Physics;Nanotechnology;Biophysics and Biological Physics;Physical Chemistry;Crystallography
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Confined Crystals on Substrates: Order and Fluctuations in Between One and Two Dimensions....Pages 1-18
Multisite Interactions in Lattice-Gas Models....Pages 19-37
Wetting Layer Super-Diffusive Motion and QSE Growth in Pb/Si....Pages 39-65
Quantum Size Effects in the Growth and Properties of Ultrathin Metal Films, Alloys, and Related Low-Dimensional Structures....Pages 67-112
Surface Electromigration and Current Crowding....Pages 113-143
Classification Order of Surface-Confined Intermixing at Epitaxial Interface....Pages 145-168
Biologically Inspired Surface Physics: The HP Protein Model....Pages 169-183
Polymer Chain Adsorption on a Solid Surface: Scaling Arguments and Computer Simulations....Pages 185-204
Metallic Nanowires on the Atomic Scale: Correlation Between Structure, Electronic Properties, and Electronic Transport....Pages 205-218
Formation and Opto-electronic Properties of Nanostructures on Ultrathin SiO 2 -Covered Si Surfaces....Pages 219-238
Step Bunching on Silicon Surface Under Electromigration....Pages 239-258
Step-Bunching Instabilities of Vicinal Surfaces During Growth and Sublimation of Crystals – the Role of Electromigration of Adatoms....Pages 259-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-281
