Quantum Mechanical Models of Metal Surfaces and Nanoparticles

• Main Author: Gräfe, Wolfgang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Physics.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.
• Physical Description: XIV, 100 p. 39 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319197647
• ISSN: 2191-530X

This book proposes two simple quantum mechanical models for the analytical description of metal surfaces and nanoparticles. It gives an ostensive picture of the forces acting in a metal surface and deduces analytical formulae for the description of their physical properties. This book explains the relation between near-surface stress and familiar surface parameters. The concept of the separation of the three-dimensional body into three one-dimensional subsystems was applied. The content is of interest to all those working in the field of surface physics.