Quantum Mechanical Models of Metal Surfaces and Nanoparticles

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.