This book is an introduciton to a new and topical field of surface science - adsorption on ordered ionic surfaces - which has many applications in catalysis, sensors, semiconductor technology, surfaces and interfaces, and future molecular electronics.

Inhalt
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.