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This timely text covers the theory and practice of surface and nanostructure determination by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and surface X-ray diffraction (SXRD): it is the first book on such quantitative structure analysis in over 30 years. It provides a detailed description of the theory, including cutting-edge developments and tested experimental methods. The focus is on quantitative techniques, while the qualitative interpretation of the LEED pattern without quantitative I(V) analysis is also included. Topics covered include the future study of nanoparticles, quasicrystals, thermal parameters, disorder and modulations of surfaces with LEED, with introductory sections enabling the non-specialist to follow all the concepts and applications discussed. With numerous colour figures throughout, this text is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students and researchers, whether experimentalists or theorists, in the fields of surface science, nanoscience and related technologies. It can serve as a textbook for graduate-level courses of one or two semesters.
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Basic elements; 3. LEED experiment; 4. Interpretation of the diffraction pattern; 5. LEED theory: basic formalisms; 6. LEED theory: applications; 7. Surface x-ray diffraction.
About the author
Wolfgang Moritz is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Munich. He has contributed extensively to the theory and practice of both LEED and SXRD.Michel A. Van Hove is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Hong Kong Baptist University. He has contributed extensively to the theory and practice of LEED, photoelectron diffraction and other techniques of surface science.
Summary
The first book on surface structure analysis in over 30 years, this text gives detailed descriptions of new methods and applications of low-energy electron diffraction and surface X-ray diffraction. It is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as senior researchers in surface science, nanoscience and related technologies.
