Methods for the incorporation of organic functionality onto semiconductor surfaces have
seen immense progress in recent years. Of the multiple methods developed, the direct …

In recent years, optical second-harmonic generation has matured into a versatile and
powerful technique for probing the electronic and structural properties of buried solid–solid …

Understanding the energy it takes to build or break chemical bonds is essential for scientists
and engineers in a wide range of innovative fields, including catalysis, nanomaterials …

More than five years have passed since the first edition of this book was published. Surface
science is still a very active field of research, and the fact that the Nobel Prize 2007 in …

Nanoscale patterning of the hydrogen terminated Si (100)‐2× 1 surface has been achieved
with an ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscope. Patterning occurs when electrons …

The surface chemistry of silicon is just beginning to be explored, with the use of modern
tools of the surface scientist. Indeed, the unraveling of the surface chemistry of silicon has …

Owing to the development of efficient algorithms and the improvement of computer power it
is now possible to map out potential energy surfaces (PESs) of reactions at surfaces in great …

This article focuses on recent scanning tunnelling microscopy studies that have led to an
improved understanding of the interaction of hydrogen with silicon surfaces. The structure …

Since the invention of the transistor in 1947, there has been a widespread and continuing
interest in understanding the physical and chemical properties of semiconductor surfaces. 1 …

The present report deals with the main aspects of the interaction of hydrogen with the
atomically clean crystalline silicon surfaces and submonolayer metal/silicon interfaces. After …