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Introduction -- The Model of Kronig and Penney -- Tamm's Electronic Surface States -- The Extension of the Kronig-Penney-Model by Binding Forces -- The Separation of the Semi-infinite Model and the Calculation of the Surface Parameters for the Three-dimensional Body at T = 0K -- The Surface Parameters for the Semi-infinite Three-dimensional Body at Arbitrary Temperature -- The Surface Free Energy and the Point of Zero Charge Determined for the Semi-infinite model -- A Model with a Limimited Number of Potential Wellss -- Surface Stress-Charge Coefficient (Estance) -- Regard to the Spin in the Foregoing Texts -- Detailed Calculation of the Convolution Integrals -- Comparison of the Results for the Semi-infinite and the Limited Body -- Calculation of Surface Stress and Herring’s Formula -- Miscellaneous and Open Questions. Nomenclature -- Subject Index.

This book proposes two simple quantum mechanical models for the analytical description of metal surfaces and nanoparticles. It gives an ostensive picture of the forces acting in a metal surface and deduces analytical formulae for the description of their physical properties. This book explains the relation between near-surface stress and familiar surface parameters. The concept of the separation of the three-dimensional body into three one-dimensional subsystems was applied. The content is of interest to all those working in the field of surface physics.