Book description
A valuable learning tool as well as a reference, this book provides
students and researchers in surface science and nanoscience with the
theoretical crystallographic foundations, which are necessary to
understand local geometries and symmetries of bulk crystals, including
ideal single crystal surfaces. The author deals with the subject at an
introductory yet mathematically sound level, providing numerous graphic
examples to keep the math in context. The book brings together and
logically connects many seemingly disparate structural issues and
notations used frequently by surface scientists and nanoscientists.
Numerous exercises of varying difficulty, ranging from simple questions
to small research projects, are included to stimulate discussions about
the different subjects.
Klaus Hermann is a research group leader at the Fritz-Haber Institute
and staff member of the Physics department of the Free University Berlin
(Germany). He obtained a PhD in Physics from the University Clausthal
(Germany), worked as postdoc in Mexico and the USA before being
appointed Professor at the University Clausthal. He was visiting
professor in the USA, Austria, Poland, Spain and in Hong Kong. Klaus
Hermann has (co-)authored 150 scientific publications, two books, two
scientific movies, and different software projects on various subjects
in surface science, catalysis, quantum chemistry, and computer science.
He is co-author of the NIST Surface Structure Database.
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