Note: Front Cover -- Coadsorption, Promoters and Poisons -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Adsorbate-adsorbate interactions on metal surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The effective medium theory -- 3. The direct electrostatic interaction -- 4. Direct and indirect hybridization effects -- 5. The elastic interaction between adsorbates -- 6. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2. Theory of the coadsorption of H2O and CO with K on the Pt(111) surface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adsorption of H2O on Pt(111) -- 3. Adsorption of CO on Pt(111) -- 4. Adsorption of K on Pt(111) -- 5. Qualitative aspects of the coadsorption of K with H2O and CO -- 6. Coadsorption of K and H2O on Pt(111) -- 7. Coadsorption of K and CO on Pt (111) -- Appendix: Charge transfer in closed shell systems -- References -- Chapter 3. Interaction between alkali metal adsorbates and adsorbed molecules (CO -- H2O) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Model experiments of catalyst promotion -- 3. Coadsorption: alkali metal and CO -- 4. Coadsorption: alkali metals and H2O -- 5. Coadsorption of alkali metals and other molecules -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4. Coadsorption of carbon monoxide and hydrogen on metal surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. CO + H on iron -- 3. CO + H on iridium -- 4. CO + H on nickel -- 5. CO + H on palladium -- 6. CO + H on platinum -- 7. CO + H on rhodium -- 8. CO + H on ruthenium -- 9. CO + H on tungsten -- 10. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Adsorption on bimetallic surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Atomic structure of bimetallic systems -- 3. Metal-metal bonding in bimetallic systems -- 4. Chemisorptive properties of bimetallic system -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 6. The chemical properties of alloy single crystal surfaces -- 1. Introduction. , 2. Pd-Cu, Pd-Ag and Pd-Au single crystal surfaces -- 3. Pt-Ti, Pt-Co, Pt-Ni and Pt-Fe single crystal surfaces -- 4. Pt-Rh single crystal surfaces -- 5. General discussion -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 7. Promotion in ammonia synthesis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Substrate dependence of nitrogen adsorption and ammonia synthesis -- 3. Nitrogen dissociation on Fe - is it activated? -- 4. Ammonia synthesis on single crystals -- 5. Promotion - generalities -- 6. The effects of promotion on nitrogen dissociation and ammonia synthesis -- 7. Theoretical modelling -- 8. Conclusions -- 9. Problems to be solved -- 10. Future prospects -- References -- Chapter 8. Promotion in the Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Catalysts and promoters for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis -- 3. The mechanism of the Fischer-Tropsch reaction -- 4. Studies of the reaction using single crystal surfaces -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9. Promoters and poisons in the water-gas shift reaction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sulfur poisoning of Cu catalysts -- 3. Cesium promotion of Cu catalysts -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10. Strong metal-support interactions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bulk titania -- 3. Possible explanations for SMSI -- 4. The Ru/TiO2 catalyst: a case study -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Vibrations at Surfaces 1985 -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Autobiographic Remarks -- List of Participants -- Part A: Contents of Volume 38 (the first of two Conference volumes) -- LIST OF PAPERS PRESENTED -- Chapter 1. Interactions of Adsorbate Vibrations with Phonons and Electrons -- Chapter 2. Structure-Induced Surface Vibrational Resonances on Metal Surfaces -- Chapter 3. Surface Phonons at Cleaved Silicon: New Observations -- Chapter 4. Surface Phonon Dispersion of Ordered Overlayers -- Chapter 5. Adsorbate Induced Reconstruction of Ni (100) -- Chapter 6. Normal Coordinate Analysis of Benzene Adsorbed on Nickel Single Crystal Using Vibrational EELS Data of of Labelled Molecules -- Chapter 7. Infrared Laser-Induced Photodesorption of Adsorbed and Condensed Phases -- Chapter 8. Theory of Photodesorption by Resonant Laser-Molecular Vibrational Coupling: Laser Frequency Dependence of Yields -- Chapter 9. Catastrophes in Surface Scattering -- Chapter 10. Sticking of Molecular Hydrogens - The Role of Phonons and Rotational Excitations -- Chapter 11. Motion of an Adsorbed Atom: Theory and Numerical Results -- Chapter 12. Dynamic Response at Metal Surfaces: Violation of Sum Rules by Density Functional-Based Random Phase† -- Chapter 13. Soft Phonons of Ni (100) Surface† -- Chapter 14. Analyses for the C-O Stretch Frequency Shifts of CO Chemisorbed on Cu(100) in the Absence and Presence of an Electric Field -- Chapter 15. "SERS Activity" of Coldly Deposited Ag and Cu Films Quenched by Oxygen -- Chapter 16. Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecules on Metal Single-Crystal Surfaces -- Chapter 17. Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy in the Far Infrared -- Chapter 18. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Adsorbates using a Tunable Diode Laser. , Chapter 19. High Resolution Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy with a Continuously Tunable Infrared Laser -- Chapter 20. Dynamics of H Chemisorbed on Si (100) and W(100) Studied by High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy -- Chapter 21. Vibrational Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) and the Structures of the Species from the Chemisorption of Ethylene or Acetylene on Metal Single-Crystal Surfaces: A Perspective -- Chapter 22. An IR Reflection Absorption Study of the CO/Ni (100) Adsorption System -- Chapter 23. Coverage Dependence of the Vibrational Frequencies of Adsorbed H on W(100) -- Chapter 24. Vibrational Properties of the (2 x 2)R45°W(100) Surface -- Chapter 25. An EELS Study of Hydrogen-Induced Reconstruction on Stepped W(001) Surfaces -- Chapter 26. Intrinsic and Adsorbate-Modified Vibrations of the Copper (110) Surface -- Chapter 27. The Role of Volume and Pairwise Forces in the Reconstruction of Noble Metal Surfaces -- Chapter 28. Dynamics of Molecular Processes at Surfaces: Vibrational Lineshapes and Spectra -- Chapter 29. Static and Dynamic Properties of a Dipole Chemisorbed on a Metal -- Chapter 30. Time-Resolved Measurements of Vibrational Relaxation at Surfaces -- Chapter 31. The Vibrational Line Shape of CO on Cu (100) -- Chapter 32. Unfilled Levels and Excited States of Adsorbates on Metal Surfaces -- Chapter 33. Surface Resonances on Pd (111)/H Observed with HREELS -- Chapter 34. Adsorption of Water on Cu (100) and Pd (100) at Low Temperatures: Observation of Monomeric Water -- Chapter 35. EELS OF CH4, CD4 and CD2H2 Physisorbed on NaCl (100)† -- Chapter 36. Electron-Hole Pair Dephasing of Adsorbate Vibrations† -- Chapter 37. Quantum Motion of Chemisorbed Hydrogen† -- Chapter 38. Lifetimes of Molecular Negative Ion Resonances on Surfaces† -- Part B: Contents of Volume 39 (the second of two Conference volumes). , Chapter 1. Adsorption and Reactivity of 1-3 Cyclopentadiene on Pt (111) -- Chapter 2. IR Spectroscopic Studies of the Nature of Surface Sites in Hydrotreating Catalysts -- Chapter 3. Laser Diagnostics of Radicals in Catalytic Reactions -- Chapter 4. Direct, Real-Time Measurement of Adsorption and Desorption Kinetics on Cu(100) -- Chapter 5. A Combined HREELS and SSIMS Study of the Adsorption of CO on Ru/Cu and Ru/Au Bimetallic Surfaces -- Chapter 6. HREELS Studies of Simple Ionic Solids -- Chapter 7. Theory of Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of a Plane-Stratified Medium with an Application to the Study of Interface Optical Phonons in GaSb-AlSb Superlattices -- Chapter 8. High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Insulators -- Chapter 9. Vibrational Phase Relaxation at Surfaces† -- Chapter 10. Inelastic Electron Scattering from Ultrathin Metallic Films on Si (111) -- Chapter 11. HREELS of Cyanogen on Pd (111) -- Chapter 12. The Adsorption and Decomposition of Carboxylic Acids on Al (111) -- Chapter 13. Interaction ana Vibrations of CN- Chemisorbed on Cu(100): Theoretical Studies -- Chapter 14. The High-Resolution Electron-Energy-Loss Spectrum of TiO2(110) -- Chapter 15. The Formation and Decomposition of Water and Hydrogen on Gex Si1-x(100)2x1 -- Chapter 16. Formation of a Surface Nitride on Copper (111) and its Influence on Carbon Monoxide Adsorption: Investigation by LEED, RAIRS and EELS -- Chapter 17. Reaction of Carbon Dioxide with the Magnesium (0001) Surface -- Chapter 18. Cyclohexane Adsorption on Cu(111) Studied by Infrared and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy -- Chapter 19. Vibrational Motions of CO2 Adsorbed on the (100) Face of NaCl. Normal Coordinates and Frequencies -- Chapter 20. A Finite Cluster Approach to the Electron-Hole Pair Damping of the Adsorbate Vibration: CO Adsorbed on CU(100). , Chapter 21. Interaction of CO Molecules with Evaporated Silver, Gold, and Copper Films: An Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation using a Thermal Detection Technique -- Chapter 22. Interatomic Force Constants and the Reconstruction of Transition Metal Surfaces -- Chapter 23. One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Coupling of CO Adsorbed on Stepped, Platinum Surfaces -- Chapter 24. Carbon Monoxide Induced Ordering of Adsorbates on the Rh (111) Crystal Surface -- Chapter 25. Adsorption of SO2 on CsCl(film) under Ultrahigh Vacuum. A Far and Mid Infrared Spectroscopic Study -- Chapter 26. A Classical Trajectory Surface Hopping Approach to Non-Adiabatic Molecule-Surface Processes -- Chapter 27. The Sticking Coefficient on Metals: A Unitary Theory for the Non-Adiabatic Effect -- Chapter 28. Adsorption and Deprotonation of CH3COOH on Cu (110) -- Chapter 29. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Liquid Polymer Films Adsorbed on Gold Surfaces Under UHV -- Chapter 30. Advanced Electron Optics for Vibrational Spectroscopy -- Chapter 31. Vibrations Measured at Surfaces by High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy: Updated Review (1982-1985) -- Chapter 32. Raman Spectra of Molecules Considered to be Surface Enhanced -- Chapter 33. A Tabulation of the Infrared Spectra of Species Adsorbed on Well-Defined Surfaces -- Chapter 34. Calculated Adsorption Properties of Be on Metals -- Chapter 35. A Self-Consistent Method for Studying Surface and Interface Dynamics and Thermodynamics: MgO(001)Ca2+ Segregated Surface -- Chapter 36. Conference Summary.

Note: Front Cover -- Growth and Properties of Ultrathin Epitaxlal Layers -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Surface processes in epitaxial growth -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Microscopy and surface physics techniques -- 3. Nucleation and growth theory -- 4. Island growth: metals on insulators -- 5. Layer growth: metal and semiconductor homoepitaxy -- 6. Layer plus island growth examples -- 7. Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2. The many facets of metal epitaxy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Metals on metals -- 3. Metals on semiconductors -- 4. Concluding remarks and acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3. Epitaxial growth modes far from equilibrium -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A kinetic model for homoepitaxial growth -- 3. Experimental studies of metal homoepitaxy -- 4. Kinetic concepts for growth manipulation -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4. Dynamics and diffusion of atoms at stepped surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Field ion microscopy -- 3. Random walk of single atoms and atom-clusters -- 4. Effects of lattice steps and defects -- 5. Summary -- References -- Chapter 5. Heteroepitaxial metal growth: the effects of strain -- 1. Introduction: heteroepitaxial metal growth -- 2. Thermodynamic growth mode and structural mismatch -- 3. Strain relief and strain induced structures -- 4. Effects of strain on nucleation kinetics in metal epitaxy -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 6. Surface alloying in heteroepitaxial metal-on-metal growth -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Thermodynamic considerations -- 3. Growth of bulk miscible systems -- 4. Growth of bulk immiscible systems -- 5. Surface alloying: general trends -- 6. Implications for surface reactivity -- 7. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7. Epitaxial growth of Si on Si(001). , 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Adatom adsorption: theoretical predictions -- 4. Direct measurement of Si self-diffusion with STM -- 5. Nucleation: energetics and dynamics of Si ad-dimers -- 6. Growth: adatom-step interaction -- 7. Coarsening -- 8. Real-time measurements of kinetics of surface defects -- 9. Thermodynamic properties and equilibrium surface morphology -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8. Monolayer films of unreactive metals on semiconductors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ultra low metal coverage regime -- 3. Submonolayer regime -- 4. The dense 2D phases -- 5. Thin metal films -- 6. Unreactive metals on Si(001) -- 7. Future prospects -- References -- Chapter 9. Structure and electronic properties of ultrathin oxide films on metallic substrates -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preparation of thin oxide films -- 3. Experimental results for different oxide-metal systems -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10. Chemical and spectroscopic studies of ultrathin oxide films -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Magnesium oxide -- 3. Nickel Oxide -- 4. Alumina -- 5. Layered and mixed oxide ultrathin films -- 6. STM imaging of oxide surfaces -- 7. Oxide supported metal particles -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11. Growth, structure and reactivity of ultrathin metal films on TiO2 surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of metals on TiO2(110) -- 3. Element-by-element survey of metals on TiO 2 -- 4. Summary and outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 12. Intrinsic stress of epitaxial thin films and surface layers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nomenclature, definitions of stress -- 3. Measurement of misfit strain and stress -- 4. Intrinsic stress upon equilibrium epitaxy -- 5. Intrinsic stress upon pyramidal growth -- 6. Intrinsic stress of surface layers -- 7. Summarising discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References. , Chapter 13. Density-functional theory of epitaxial growth of metals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Atomistic processes and rate equations -- 3. Total energy and the description of growth -- 4. Results for fcc(111) and fcc(100) surfaces -- References -- Chapter 14. Electronic structure of ultrathin magnetic films -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Itinerant magnetism and the Stoner model -- 3. Transition metal films -- 4. Noble metal films on ferromagnetic substrates -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 15. Ultrathin magnetic structures - magnetism and electronic properties -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ultrathin magnetic film magnetometry -- 3 Absolute magnetic moments -- 4 The two dimensional magnetic phase transition -- 5 Thickness dependence of magnetic anisotropies and vector spin reversal processes -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- The Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors to Volume 7 -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Principles of Phase Transitions in Two-dimensional Systems -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Surface reconstructions -- 3 Commensurate Incommensurate Transitions -- 4 Surface Roughening -- 5 Roughening and the missing row reconstruction -- References -- Chapter 2. Instabilities and Adsorbate Restructuring at W{ 100} -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 CLEAN (√2 x√2)R45° → (1 x 1) RECONSTRUCTION -- 3 HYDROGEN-INDUCED RECONSTRUCTION -- 4 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3. The Au(110) (1x2)< -- => -- (1x1) phase transition -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE SURFACE STRUCTURE OF Au(110) -- 3. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS. -- 4. THE Au(110) TRANSITIONS -- 5. REFERENCES -- Chapter 4. Roughening, Preroughening, and Reconstruction Transitions in Crystal Surfaces -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION. -- 3. TOPOLOGY OF DOMAIN WALL EXCITATIONS -- 4. CELL SPIN MODELS -- 5. DOMAIN WALL ENTROPY -- 6. CHIRALITY -- 7. RECONSTRUCTED PHASES WITH PARTIAL DISORDER -- 8. FRACTALS AND CONFORMAL INVARIANCE -- 9. SURFACE ROUGHENING -- 10. ROUGHENING INDUCED DECONSTRUCTION -- 11. PREROUGHENING TRANSITIONS -- 12. DOF PHASE AND PARTICLE-HOLE SYMMETRY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5. Two-dimensional phase transitions in alkali-metal adlayers -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INTERACTIONS IN ALKALI METAL ADLAYERS -- 3. ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF ALKALI-METAL ADLAYERS -- 4. PHASE TRANSITIONS AND PHASE DIAGRAMS -- 5. EFFECT OF THE PHASE TRANSITIONS IN AM OVERLAYERS ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF COVERED SURFACES -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6. Growth Kinetics in Two-dimensional Phase Transitions -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL -- 4. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS-FUTURE PROBLEMS. , 7. REFERENCES -- Chapter 7. Surface melting: an experimental overview -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MACROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS -- 3. MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS -- 4. RELATED SURFACE BEHAVIOUR -- 5. SURFACE NON-MELTING AND BULK SUPERHEATING -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8. Thermal roughening of surfaces : experimental aspects -- 1. INTRODUCTION : THERMAL RESTRUCTURING AT SURFACES -- 2. EQUILIBRIUM CRYSTAL SHAPE (ECS) AND SURFACE ROUGHENING -- 3. DETECTION OF STEPS AT SURFACES -- 4. ROUGHENING OF NONVICINAL SURFACES -- 5. ROUGHENING OF VICINAL SURFACES -- 6. CONSEQUENCES OF SURFACE ROUGHENING ON CRYSTAL GROWTH -- References -- Chapter 9. ROUGHENING, WETTING AND SURFACE MELTING: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Roughening -- 3. Wetting -- 4. Surface melting -- 5. Appendix -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- References -- Chapter 10. Computer simulation of atomic dynamics on metal surfaces -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SIMULATION METHODS -- 3. POTENTIALS FOR SIMULATIONS OF METALS -- 4. SIMULATIONS OF FLAT SURFACES -- 5. FACETING OF STEPPED SURFACES. -- 6. ADATOM DIFFUSION ON SURFACES. -- 7. DIFFUSION ON STEPPED SURFACES -- 8. INTERACTING SURFACES. -- 9. CONCLUSIONS. -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11. Structural Fluctuations in Small Particles -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BACKGROUND -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR STRUCTURAL FLUCTUATIONS -- 4. KINETICS -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 7. REFERENCES -- Chapter 12. Adsorbate-induced restructuring of f.c.c. {100} surfaces -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ADSORBATE-INDUCED DISTORTIONS IN 'SIMPLE' ADSORPTION STRUCTURES -- 3. ADSORBATE-INDUCED PARALLEL DISTORTIONS -- p4g SPACE GROUP 'CLOCK' RECONSTRUCTIONS -- 4. LARGE MASS TRANSPORT RECONSTRUCTIONS -- MISSING ROWS -- 5. WIDER STABILITY OF SOME {100} ADSORPTION STRUCTURES? -- References -- Chapter 13. Adsorbate Induced Reconstruction of f.c.c.{110} Surfaces. , 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ALKALI METAL INDUCED SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION -- 3. HYDROGEN INDUCED SURFACE RECONSTRUCTIONS -- 4. SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION INDUCED BY OXYGEN, NITROGEN, CARBON AND SULPHUR -- 5. MOLECULARLY-INDUCED RECONSTRUCTION -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14. Microscopic Studies of Adsorbate Restructuring at Metal Surfaces -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STM IMAGING -- 3. ADSORBATE-MEDIATED RECONSTRUCTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS -- 4. GENERAL TRENDS -- 5. SUMMARY -- 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Surface Properties of Electronic Materials -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Surface science and electronic materials. An overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Semiconductor surfaces and interfaces -- 3. Metal-semiconductor interfaces -- 4. Semiconductor-semiconductor interfaces -- References -- Chapter 2. Structural and electronic properties of elemental semiconductors and surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bonding and electronic states in bulk silicon -- 3. The atomic geometry of the Si(100) (2 X 1) surface -- 4. The atomic geometry of the cleaved Si (111 ) (2 X 1) surface -- 5. The atomic geometry of the equilibrium Si(111) (7 X 7) surface -- 6. The "new" reconstructions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3. Atomic geometry and electronic structure of tetrahedrally coordinated compound semiconductor interfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Zincblende(110) -- 3. Adsorbate structures on zincblende(110) -- 4. Polar surfaces of zincblende structure materials -- 5. Wurtzite structure materials. ZnO -- 6. Synopsis -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4. Adsorption and Schottky barrier formation on compound semiconductor surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gas-phase adsorption -- 3. Semiconductor adsorption on semiconductor substrates. Heterojunction interfaces -- 4. Adsorption of metals. Schottky barrier formation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Adsorption on elemental semiconductors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preparation of clean surfaces -- 3. Intrinsic structure of Si surfaces -- 4. Intrinsic structure of Ge surfaces -- 5. Adsorption on Si -- 6. Adsorption on Ge -- 7. Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6. Adsorption and reaction of metals on elemental semiconductors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structural evidence for the reaction at room temperature. , 3. The electronic states of silicides -- 4. The interface reaction as seen with electronic state spectroscopy -- 5. A scheme for interface growth at room temperature -- 6. Selected topics connected with the scheme of interface growth -- References -- Chapter 7. Molecular beam epitaxy of III-V compounds. Aspects of growth kinetics and dynamics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The GaAs(001) surface -- 3. Thermodynamic and kinetic factors involved in the MBE process -- 4. Growth dynamics -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8. Molecular beam epitaxy of silicon and related materials -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Molecular beam epitaxy -- 3. The technology of MBE -- 4. Substrate preparation -- 5. Crystallographic perfection -- 6. Evaluation of undoped homoepitaxial silicon -- 7. Doping -- 8. Silicides -- 9. Silicon-on-insulator structures -- 10. The Six Ge1-x system -- 11. Device applications -- 12. Future prospects -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Molecular beam epitaxy of insulators, metastable phases and II-VI compounds -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Factors controlling the range of materials accessible to MBE growth techniques -- 3. MBE growth and properties of epitaxial insulators -- 4. MBE growth and properties of metastable phases -- 5. MBE growth and properties of II-VI compounds -- 6. Applications and future directions -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10. Surface chemistry of dry etching processes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Halogen atom reactions with semiconductors and metals -- 3. Ion bombardment effects -- 4. Synergistic effects -- 5. Surface compositional modification -- 6. Film formation in halocarbon discharges -- References -- Index.