Focusing on both experimental and theoretical dimensions, this book delves into surface, interface, and thin-film physics essential for modern technology. It covers preparation methods, structural properties, and adsorption fundamentals, with a strong emphasis on electronic states, semiconductor layers, and heterostructures. New topics include spin-orbit coupling effects and topological insulators, highlighting their relevance in spin electronics. Additionally, it introduces established experimental techniques like X-ray diffraction and reflection anisotropy spectroscopy in its latest edition.
The fourth edition of this textbook has become a standard reference worldwide in universities and research institutions. Despite surface and interface physics being a mature field, their theoretical concepts and experimental techniques are increasingly crucial due to their significance in nanostructure physics. This branch underpins modern nanoscience, impacting areas such as quantum electronics, catalysis, corrosion, and lubrication, leading to a heightened demand for education in these domains. The book has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest developments in both fundamental research and practical applications. New material aspects, including group III nitride surfaces and high-k oxide/semiconductor heterostructures, have been added, which are vital for high-speed and high-power electronics, as well as advanced CMOS technology at the nanometer scale. Additionally, the emerging field of spintronics, highlighted by the discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR), necessitates a deeper exploration of anisotropy effects in thin magnetic films. The development of purely electrical spin switching devices, leveraging spin effects instead of semiconductor space charge layers, is essential for advancing high-speed, low-power spintronics. This new edition addresses these topics in relation to GMR, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of current advancements.
This introduction to the physics of Surfaces and Interfacesof Solids emphasizes both experimental and theoreticalaspects of the subject. Beside the techniques of preparingwell-defined solid surfaces and interfaces basicmodels forthe description of structural, vibronic and electronicproperties of interfaces are described, as well asfundamental aspects of adsorption and layer growth. Becauseof its importance for modern microelectronics specialemphasis is placed on the electronic properties ofsemiconductor interfaces and heterostructures. Experimentaltopics covering the basics of ultrahigh-vacuum technology, electron optics, surface spectroscopies and electricalinterface characterisation techniques are presented in theform of separate panels. This novel formate allows abalanced treatment both of theory and experiment in thishighly interdisciplinary field of interface physics.Students and researchers who want to enter or are working infields like surface physics, materials science, semiconductor technology or microelectronics might benefitfromthe comprehensive treatment of the subject.
Die f nfte Auflage der Festk rperphysik wurde um wesentliche Aspekte des Gebiets erweitert und auf den neuesten Stand gebracht. Hinzugekommen sind v. a. Phasendiagramme von Legierungen, Defekte in Festk rpern, Phononenspektroskopie, Elastisches Verhalten von Kristallen, das Anregungsspektrum des Supraleiters, der Metall/Halbleiter-Schottky-Kontakt und wichtige Halbleiterbauelemente.Das Buch behandelt gleichrangig theoretische wie experimentelle Aspekte. Es wendet sich an Studierende der Physik, der Materialwissenschaften sowie der Elektrotechnik mit Schwerpunkt Halbleiterphysik/Halbleiterbauelemente. bersichtstafeln und bungen runden das Buch ab.
