misfit dislocations 122, 171,
249–251, 251, 268, 269
molecular beam epitaxy
(MBE) 57–58, 252–256
of compound
semiconductors 252–256,
254, 255
and thin film deposition 53,
57, 58, 62(p)
molecular dynamics (MD) 25,
133–134, 239–242, 241
monolayer (ML), definitions
and units 38, 39, 112
Monte Carlo (MC) simulation
of adsorption 114, 125, 129
of electron scattering in
solids 3.28
kinetic (KMC) of epitaxial
growth 150, 156–157, 156,
253–256, 254, 255
of solid on solid model
14–19, 16–19, 253–256,
254, 255
multilayer growth models 254,
255–256
multiply twinned particles 137
nanotubes 293–294, 294
Newns–Anderson model
130–132, 131, 143(p)
noble metals (Cu, Ag, Au, Pd,
Pt, etc.)
adsorption on 118, 127–128,
127, 133–141, 140
as catalysts 52–54, 135–137,
139–141, 140
oxide structures on 20, 21,
104, 133–134, 137–141,
140
resistivity of 282–283, 283
as substrates 118, 170, 172,
176, 179–181, 188–189,
189
surface energy and stress
196–200, 243
surface structure 22–23,
192–193, 198
work function 193–194, 197
nucleation and growth
experiments 92–95,
157–174, 179–181,
245–256
growth mode analysis
92–95, 94, 179–181, 180
metals on insulators
157–164, 158, 162
metals on metals 165–174,
166–168, 170, 172–173
on semiconductors 245–256,
246, 251, 254
nucleation and growth models
145–157, 161–164,
246–249, 252–255
atomistic 145, 147, 149–157,
153, 155–156
capture numbers in 151–155,
155, 182(p)
classical 145–149, 147,
149
cluster density formulae
150–157
cluster growth rate
181–182(p)
cluster size distributions
150–152, 156–157, 156
including defects 161–164,
163, 164
nucleation rate 150–152,
157
for reconstructed
semiconductors 246–249,
252–255
nucleation density, rate see
nucleation and growth
opto-electronic devices
274–280, 291–293
Ostwald ripening 176–179,
183(p)
oxide substrates 135–137,
161–164
oxide surface structures 30,
164
oxygen chemisorption 20, 21,
133–135, 137–141, 138,
140
particle accelerators, vacuum
design 37–38, 61(p),
313(w)
passivation by oxides 134
patch fields 193–195, 209
pattern formation 171, 253,
254, 295
phases and phase transitions,
diagrams 20–22, 114–130,
210–213
commensurate/
incommensurate 20–22,
21, 23, 120–124, 121,
123
hexatic 124–125
of Kr and Xe on graphite
22, 23, 115–127, 115–117,
119, 121, 126, 141–143(p)
of Kr and Xe on metals 122,
127–128, 127
lattice gas models 128–130,
130
in monolayer adsorbates
119–128, 119, 121, 123,
126, 196
of Ne and Ar on graphite
122, 123, 124, 126
and symmetry breaking
210–213
phosphors 295
photoemission 76–81, 84–87,
86
circularly polarized
214–215
photoelectron spectroscopy
76–81, 84–87, 86
angular resolved (AR)UPS
76–81
energy shifts and lineshapes
84–87, 86, 105–106(p)
ultraviolet (UPS) and X-ray
(XPS) 76, 79–80
see also synchrotron
radiation
photoluminescence 275, 293
physisorption 108–128
of rare gases on graphite
109–127, 141–143(p)
see also phases and phase
transitions
plasmon, bulk and surface,
definition 31
plasmon loss processes 74–76,
88
point defects, interfacial 265,
268–269, 269
see also vacancies
Potts models 28, 129
pressure gauge types 46–47
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