The geometry of surface layers

APR 01, 1975

Various experimental techniques show that atoms adsorbed onto a crystal surface form two‐dimensional arrays with a structure that depends on their density, the temperature and the substrate.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3068919

Peder J. Estrup

If we wish to understand the properties of a solid surface, we must begin with some picture of the geometrical arrangement of atoms in the outermost layers of the solid. Such a structural model represents an essential ingredient in any microscopic description of a material.

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Peder J. Estrup, Brown University, Providence, R.I..