The book presents the latest experimental and theoretical efforts by the world's authorities on the phenomena of electronically-induced surface processes.

The book presents the latest experimental and theoretical efforts by the world's authorities on the phenomena of electronically-induced surface processes.

Inhalt
I Electron Attachment.- Surface Reactions and Desorption by Electron Attachment.- Desorption of H?, O? and OH? Ions During Impact of Very Low Energy Electrons on Surfaces.- Electron and Photon Stimulated Desorption of Negative Ions from Oriented Physisorbed Molecules.- Resonance Electron Scattering by O2 Monolayers on Graphite: Reinterpreted.- Non-Adiabatic Curve Crossings in Dissociative Electron Attachment of Condensed O2.- Charge-Transfer Photodissociation and Photoreaction in Adsorbates at a Metal Surface.- II Photodesorption and Photochemistry.- Desorption Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses: Surface Dynamics at High Electronic Temperatures.- A New Way to Characterize the Excitation Mechanism in Surface Photochemistry.- Photodesorption Dynamics and Structural Information for O2 Adsorbed on Pd(111).- Dynamics of Ammonia Photodesorption from GaAs(100): A Vibration-Mediated Mechanism.- Molecular Photochemistry on Surfaces: Role of Adsorbate Substrate Structure.- III Laser-Induced Ion Desorption.- Desorption of Ions and Neutrals with >6 eV Laser Light.- Laser-Induced Desorption of Positive Ions from Wide Band Gap Insulators.- Laser-Induced Desorption from Sapphire Surfaces.- UV Pulsed Laser Desorption from Ag/Al/Sapphire Films: Changes in the Ion Desorption Process for Excitations near the Ag d-Band Threshold.- IV High Energy Processes.- Core-Induced Photodissociation of Surface Molecules Investigated by Ionic Desorption and Correlated Electronic Spectra.- The Relevance of Gas-Phase Core-Electron Excitation and Decay Phenomena to Molecular Adsorbate Structure and Desorption.- Dissociation in Fast Molecule-Surface Collisions.- Orientation Effects in the Scattering of H2 and H+2 from Cu(111).- Desorption from LiF(100) by Singly- and Doubly-Charged HyperthermalHe Ions.- Ion-Induced Electron Excitation at Magnetic Surfaces.- V Theory.- Excited States Lifetimes Near Surfaces.- ESD from Physisorbed Layers on Metal Surfaces: Theoretical Investigation of Two Desorption Scenarios.- Computer Simulation of DIET Processes: Molecular Dynamics with Electronic Transitions.- Some Current Theoretical Insights on DIET.- VI Electron Stimulated Desorption and Chemistry of Adsorbates on Metals.- Isotope Effect in Electron Stimulated Desorption The Role of Internal Degrees of Freedom in CO Desorption from Pt(111).- Quantum-Resolved Angular Distributions of Neutral Products in Electron-Stimulated Surface Processes.- Electron Stimulated Desorption of the Metallic Substrate at Monolayer Coverage: Sensitive Detection via 193 nm Laser Photoionization of Neutral Aluminum Desorbed from CH3O/Al(111).- Structure and Kinetics of Electron Beam Damage in a Chemisorbed Monolayer: PF3 on Ru(0001).- Electron-Induced Decomposition of Metal Carbonyls on Ag(111).- Quantum-Resolved Stimulated Surface Reactions.- VII Spatially Resolved DIET.- Atomic Scale Desorption and Fragmentation with the STM.- Atomic Force Microscopy of Surface Defects on NaCl(100).- Electron Microscopy of Electron-Stimulated Processes at Oxide Surfaces.- VIII Semiconductors.- State-Resolved Studies of the Laser-Induced Desorption of NO from Si(111): The Importance of Localized Excitations.- Laser-Induced Electronic Processes on Semiconductor Surfaces.- Mechanisms of Metastable Atom Quenching on GaAs(100).- The Synchrotron Radiation Induced Chemistry of the Adamantane/Si(111)-7×7 Surface.- Photolysis Enhancement by Excitation of Si(2p) Core Level Electrons in SiF4/Ge(100).- Photon Stimulated Desorption of Fluorine from Semiconductor Surfaces.- ESDIAD Studies of Chlorine Adsorption atSilicon(100).- Probing GaSb(110) Surface and Interfaces by Photon Stimulated Desorption (PSD).- Photon Stimulated H+ Ion Desorption Studies of Silicon Surfaces Covered by Alkali Metals.- IX Oxides.- Low Energy Excitations and Desorption Dynamics from Oxide Surfaces.- Electron Stimulated Desorption (ESD) of Ammonia on TiO2(110): The Influence of Substrate Defect Structure.- Electron Stimulated Desorption of O+ from TiO2(110)-SO2.- X Alkali Halides.- Surface Deformation and Change in Reflectivity During Electron Irradiation: Results for the CaF2(111) Surface.- The Role of Hot Hole Migration in Electronic Sputtering of Alkali Halides.- New Mechanism for the Desorption of Excited Atoms by Photon Bombardment of Alkali Halide Crystals.- Simultaneous Measurements of Optical Absorption and Electron Stimulated Li Desorption on LiF Crystals.- Rotational Distributions Following DIET: CN* from Alkali-Rich Surfaces.- Auger Studies of Damage and Charging in NaCl.- XI Cryogenic Overlayers.- DIET from Cryogenic Layers: Subject and Tool of Investigation.- Low-Energy ESD of Metastable Atoms from Ar, Kr, Xe(111) Condensed Films.- Photo-Stimulated Desorption of Ne Metastables from Thin Ne Layers on Solid Ar, Kr, and Xe.- Dynamics of Multi-Electronic Photon Excitation in Multilayers of Argon Studied by Kinetic Energy Analysis of Photodesorbed Ions.- Photon Stimulated Desorption from Cryogenic Surfaces: Predicting the Vacuum Behavior of the Superconducting Supercollider.- Erratum in DIET IV Proceedings.- Index of Contributors.