Foreword + List of invited speakers

Progress in Surface Science 79 (2005) 1–2 www.elsevier.com/locate/progsurf

Foreword

The Tenth Symposium on Surface Physics was organized by the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and by the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists. It was sponsored by the European Physical Society. The symposium followed the format of previous international meetings held in Smolenice Castle (1971 and 1984), Bechyne Castle (1980 and 1987), Chlum Castle (1990 and 1993) and Trest Castle (1996, 1999 and 2002). Over 60 participants from 20 countries convened in Prague, this time not in a castle but in the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in the city centre. The program consisted of 15 invited lectures, 14 shorter oral contributions and two poster sessions with 33 presentations. Six of the 15 invited lectures are planned to be published in Progress in Surface Science: 2 of them are contained in this volume; the remaining papers will appear in later issue(s) of the journal. Some of the oral contributions and posters will be published in a special issue of the Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. The scientific program, complemented by an excursion to the Jewish museum, quartet concert and a dinner held at Strahov monastery restaurant enabled all the participants to meet on friendly terms, so that lively, informal discussions of various aspects of surface physics, could take place. I would like to thank my colleague-organizers from the Institute of Physics in Prague for their efforts, which ensured the smooth preparation and running of this symposium. Thanks are also due to all the participants for creating a pleasant and warm atmosphere at the meeting and to the authors for providing their manuscripts. Prague Igor Bartos September 2005

doi:10.1016/S0079-6816(05)00065-1

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Foreword / Progress in Surface Science 79 (2005) 1–2

List of invited speakers • S. Blu¨gel: Rashba-effect at metal surfaces • H.P. Bonzel: Absolute energies from 3D equilibrium crystal shapes of metals • C.S. Fadley: Studies of magnetic materials and nanostructures using synchrotron radiation spectroscopy and diffraction • G. Granozzi , M. Sambi, and G.A. Rizzi: Preparation and structural characterization of oxide nanostructures on metal surfaces • A. Jablonski1: Elastic and inelastic electron backscattering from surfaces • J. Kro¨ger, L. Limot, H. Jensen, E. Pehlke, S. Crampin, and R. Berndt: Electron dynamics of clean and adsorbate-covered metal surfaces • E. Lundgren and A. Mikkelsen: Cross-sectional STM on III–V semiconductors: ferromagnetic semiconductors, quantum dots and nano wires • C. Gonzalez, F. Flores, R. Perez, and J. Ortega: One dimensional chains of metal atoms on Si: In/Si(1 1 1)-4 · 1 and Ga/Si(1 1 2)-6 · 1 • J. Redinger: The discreet charm of the platinum 1 1 0 surface • K. Reuter: The steady-state of heterogeneous catalysis, studied by first-principles statistical mechanics • W.-D. Schneider: Two-dimensional self-assembly at the atomic and molecular level • G. Thornton: Nanostructuring TiO2 surfaces • T.T. Tsong: Quantum and size effects of surface nanostructures and influence to their growth • M.A. Van Hove, G. Wang, P.N. Ross, and M.I. Baskes1: Atomistic simulations of surface segregation in Pt-bimetallic catalyst nanoparticles • Huasheng Wu: Direct determination of surface atomic structure with multi-incidence LEED

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