d-d Excitations in Transition-Metal Oxides - A Spin-Polarized Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy (SPEELS) Study

In this monograph, investigations of the electronic structures of the transition-metal oxides MnO, CoO, and NiO with spin-polarized electron energy-loss spectroscopy are presented and compared with other experimental and theoretical results. After a review of the present knowledge of the electronic structure of the monoxides, the spectroscopic method applied and its special advantages are described. The knowledge and use of the different spin, angle, and primary-energy dependences of the various relevant inelastic electron-scattering mechanisms provide new insights into the excitation processes of the optically forbidden transitions between the crystal-field-split 3d states of the bulk and of the surface.

List of contents

Electronic Structure of MnO, CoO, and NiO.- Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy - Inelastic Electron Scattering.- Experiment.- SPEELS of Transition-Metal Oxides - Results and Discussion.- Summary.

Summary

In this monograph, investigations of the electronic structures of the transition-metal oxides MnO, CoO, and NiO with spin-polarized electron energy-loss spectroscopy are presented and compared with other experimental and theoretical results. After a review of the present knowledge of the electronic structure of the monoxides, the spectroscopic method applied and its special advantages are described. The knowledge and use of the different spin, angle, and primary-energy dependences of the various relevant inelastic electron-scattering mechanisms provide new insights into the excitation processes of the optically forbidden transitions between the crystal-field-split 3d states of the bulk and of the surface.

Product details

• Authors: Bärbel Fromme
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9783662146859
• ISBN: 978-3-662-14685-9
• No. of pages: 147
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 10 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Illustrations: X, 147 p. 20 illus.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics; Springer Tracts in Modern Physics; Springer Tracts in Modern Physics. Ergebnisse der exakten Naturwissenschaften
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Physikalische Chemie, C, Structure, Surface, spectroscopy, Condensed Matter Physics, Condensed matter, Materials / States of matter, Physics and Astronomy, Physical Chemistry, Materials—Surfaces, Surface chemistry & adsorption, Thin films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film, Übergangsmetalloxide