Solids and Surfaces: A Chemist's View of Bonding in Extended Structures

ISBN-13: 9781119809913 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 160 str.

Roald Hoffmann

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PrefaceIntroductionOrbitals and Bands in One DimensionBloch Functions, k, Band StructuresBand WidthSee How they RunAn Eclipsed Stack of Pt(II) Square Planar ComplexesThe Fermi LevelMore Dimensions, At Least TwoSetting Up a Surface ProblemDensity of StatesWhere Are The Electrons?The Detective Work of Tracing Molecule-Surface Interactions: Decomposition of the DOSWhere Are the Bonds?A Solid State Sample Problem: ThCr_2Si_2 StructureThe Frontier Orbital PerspectiveOrbital Interaction on a SurfaceA Case Study: CO on Ni(100)Barriers to ChemisorptionChemisorption Is a CompromiseFrontiers Orbitals in Three-Dimensional Extended StructuresMore Than One Electronic Unit in the Unit Cell, Folding BandsMaking Bonds in a CrystalThe Peierls DistortionA Brief Excursion into the Third DimensionQualitative Reasoning About Orbital Interactions on SurfacesThe Fermi Level MattersAnother Methodology and Some CreditsWhat's New in the SolidReferencesIndex