Preface |
Introduction |
Orbitals and Bands in One Dimension |
Bloch Functions, k, Band Structures |
Band Width |
See How they Run |
An Eclipsed Stack of Pt(II) Square Planar Complexes |
The Fermi Level |
More Dimensions, At Least Two |
Setting Up a Surface Problem |
Density of States |
Where Are The Electrons? |
The Detective Work of Tracing Molecule-Surface Interactions: Decomposition of the DOS |
Where Are the Bonds? |
A Solid State Sample Problem: ThCr_2Si_2 Structure |
The Frontier Orbital Perspective |
Orbital Interaction on a Surface |
A Case Study: CO on Ni(100) |
Barriers to Chemisorption |
Chemisorption Is a Compromise |
Frontiers Orbitals in Three-Dimensional Extended Structures |
More Than One Electronic Unit in the Unit Cell, Folding Bands |
Making Bonds in a Crystal |
The Peierls Distortion |
A Brief Excursion into the Third Dimension |
Qualitative Reasoning About Orbital Interactions on Surfaces |
The Fermi Level Matters |
Another Methodology and Some Credits |
What's New in the Solid |
References |
Index |
Preface |
Introduction |
Orbitals and Bands in One Dimension |
Bloch Functions, k, Band Structures |
Band Width |
See How they Run |