"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Why use synchrotron radiation to study surfaces? -- 1.1. 'Modern' surface science -- 1.2. Surface sensitivity and surface specificity -- 1.3. Complementary techniques -- 1.4. What's special about synchrotron radiation?2. Synchrotron radiation : at the source and at the sample -- 2.1. What is synchrotron radiation? -- 2…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. A brief history of embedding -- 1.2. Overview -- 1.3. A note on Green functions -- 1.4. Units2. The variational embedding method -- 2.1. The variational principle -- 2.2. The embedded Schr?odinger equation -- 2.3. A first application -- 2.4. The embedded Green function -- 2.5. Applicatio…
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The reactivity of metals based on delocalized electronic states -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The d-band model -- 1.3. The self-consistent model of chemisorption on surfaces -- 1.4. When the surface electronic properties change : models based on Newns-Anderson -- 1.5. The LDOSEF model -- 1.6. Cluster reactivi…