Crystallography and surface structure: an introduction for surface scientists and nanoscientists

INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Bulk crystals, 3-dimensional lattices 2.1. Basicdefinitions 2.2. Representation of bulk lattices 2.3. Periodicity cells of lattices 2.4. Lattice symmetry 2.5. Neighbor shells 2.6. Quasicrystals Exercises3. Crystal layers, 2-dimensional lattices 3.1. Basic definitions, Miller indices 3.2. Reciprocal lattice 3.3. Netplane-adapted lattice vectors 3.4. Symmetrically appropriate lattice vectors, Minkowski reduction 3.5. Miller indices for cubic lattices 3.6. Alternative definition of Miller indices, hexagonal Miller-Bravais indices 3.7. Symmetry properties of netplanes 3.8 Crystal systems and Bravais lattices in two dimensions 3.9 Crystallographic classification of netplanes Exercises 4. Ideal single crystal surfaces 4.1. Basic definitions, termination 4.2. Morphology of surfaces, stepped and kinked surfaces 4.3. Millerindex decomposition 4.4. Chiral surfaces Exercises 5. Real crystal surfaces 5.1. Surface relaxation 5.2. Surface reconstruction 5.3. Facetting Exercises 6.Adsorbate layers 6.1. Definition and classification 6.2. Wood notation of surface geometry 6.3. Symmetry domain formation Exercises 7. Experimental analysis of real crystal surfaces 7.1. Experimental methods 7.2. The NIST Surface Structure Database (SSD) Exercises 8. Nanotubes 8.1. Basic definition 8.2. Nanotubes and symmetry 8.3. Complex nanotubes, examples Exercises Appendices: A Mathematics of the Wood notation B Mathematics of the Minkowski reduction C Some details of number theory D Some details of vector calculus and linear algebra EParameter tables of crystals F Relevant websites

• ISBN: 978-3-527-41012-5
• Editorial: Wiley-VCH
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 09/02/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés