Naslov
Nonadiabatic effects in adsorbate-surface interactions from first principles

Autori
Novko, Dino

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, doktorska disertacija

Fakultet
Universidad del País Vasco

Mjesto
Donostia - San Sebastian

Datum
28.03

Godina
2017

Stranica
232

Mentor
Blanco-Rey, María

Ključne riječi
nonadiabatic effects, adsorbates on surfaces

Sažetak
As the title openly announces, the main ambition of this Thesis is to discuss the fundamental aspects of the interaction between moving particles (atoms and molecules) and metallic surfaces, as well as to give our theoretical contribution to this problem. The efforts to understand the nature of the process underlying this interaction, namely the electron-ion coupling, gave birth to a vast number of outstanding theories and concepts. Even though this serious effort started over a century ago, with the dawn of quantum mechanics, our full understanding of the electron-ion interaction is still incomplete. One of the main reasons is certainly its many-body character, which forced scientists in the past to tailor their theories using perturbative treatments and many approximations. The fortunate advantage of contemporary scientists is an access to a huge computational power, which helps us to surmount the numerical hurdles (at least some of them) and carry on with the investigation of the matter. Experimentalists profit from a similar fortune as well, since the modern and highly advanced equipment gives them opportunity to analyze the physical phenomena with a great accuracy. To make our theoretical considerations more than just a “theory”, we try as much as possible in this Thesis to follow and understand these experimental advances and use them as a benchmark to our findings.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

POVEZANOST RADA