Adsorption on Ordered Surfaces of Ionic Solids and Thin Films introduces to a new and topical field of surface science for which rather little experience is available at present. It reviews the recent results of the employed analytical methods comprising all modern surface techniques including scanning tunneling microscopy and various kinds of electron spectroscopies. The present status of this new, clearly defined field of surface science is nearly completely overviewed by contributions from most of the research groups active in this field. The book is meant as a basis for the expected rapid development in this area with applications in catalysis, thin-film and semiconductor technology, sensors, electrochemistry, controlled preparation of ultrathin epitaxial surfaces, and interfaces of insultors as well as future molecular electronics.

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I Halide Ultrathin Films and Single Crystals: Structure and Adsorption.- Epitaxy of CaF2/Si(111) and LiF/Ge(100).- Adsorption of Water Vapor on NaCl(100) and KCl(100) without and with Defects.- Phases and Phase Diagrams of Xenon Adsorbed on Epitaxial NaCl(100) Films and on Ge(100).- Kinetic and Electronic Properties of Physisorbates on Epitaxial NaCl(100) Layers: SF6, Xe, and CO2.- Adsorption of Gases on Ionic Single Crystals: NaCl(100) and MgO(100).- Excitons and High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Adlayers on Ionic Surfaces.- II Clean Surfaces of Metal Oxides: Geometric and Electronic Structure.- Characterisation of Single Crystal ?-Al2O3(0001) and (11 $$\bar 2$$0) Surfaces and Ag/Al2O3 Model Catalysts by Atomic Force Microscopy.- STM Characterization of Metaloxide Films.- Partial Valence Densities-of-States of TiO2 and TiO2-x from Resonant Photoemission and Photoelectron Diffraction.- III Adsorption on Oxide Surfaces: Molecules and Ultrathin Metal Films.- Clean ZnO Surfaces and their Interaction with Gases.- Molecular Adsorption on TiO2 and ZnO Surfaces.- Single-Crystal Studies of Molecular and Atomic Adsorption on Transition-Metal Oxides.- Molecular Adsorption on Thin Ordered Oxide Films and Single Crystal Oxide Surfaces.- The Growth and Structure of Ultrathin Metal Films on TiO2(110).- Structural and Electronic Properties of Ultrathin Cu-Layers on some Crystalline Metal-Oxides.- IV Adsorption on Oxide Surfaces: Theory.- Quantum Chemical ab initio Calculations for the Adsorption of Small Molecules on NiO(100).- Adsorption and Reaction of CO and CO2 at the Surface and Defect Sites of MgO and NiO.- Cluster Models of Zinc Oxide Including Ionic and Covalent Effects.- Density Functional Investigations of Adsorption at Metal Oxide Surfaces.- V Chemical Reactivity.- The Structure and Reactivity of Oxide Thin Films Grown on Transition Metal Surfaces.- High-Resolution Electron Energy-Loss Studies of Metal Oxides.- Surface Oxygen and Chemical Reactivity.- VI Application-Oriented Studies.- Adsorption of Carbon Monoxide on Catalyst Surfaces: Oxides, Sulfides and Zeolites.- Schottky Barriers and Ohmic Contacts with Pt/TiO2(110): Implications to Control Gas Sensor Properties.- Applications of Lithium Niobate Acoustic Plate Mode Devices as Sensors for Liquids.- Index of Contributors.