Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 51; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Image States on Single-Crystal Metal Surfaces; I. Introduction; II. Our Theoretical Understanding of Image States; III. Experimental Probes of Image-State Properties; IV. Experimental Measurements of the Stationary Properties of Image States on Bare, Single-Crystal Surfaces; V. Measurements of the Dynamic Properties of Image States; VI. Image States on Ferromagnetic Surfaces; VII. Image States and Surface Conditions; VIII. Lateral Quantum Confinement of Surface Electrons; IX. Summary.

Chapter 2. Good ThermoelectricsI. Introduction; II. Devices; III. Bulk Semiconductors; IV. Review of Materials; V. Narrow-Gap Semiconductors; VI. Metals; VII. Summary; Chapter 3. Theory of Electromigration; I. Introduction; II. Driving Force for Electromigration; III. Theoretical Calculations; IV. Beyond the Adiabatic Picture; V. Conclusions; Chapter 4. Fracture Toughness of Materials: From Atomistics to Continuum Theory; I. Introduction; II. Levels of Description Materials; III. Calculations of Fracture Toughness; IV. Connections Between Different Approaches; V. Key Calculations.

Chapter 5. Displacement Damage in Irradiated Metals and SemiconductorsI. Introduction; II. Binary Collision and Thermal Spike Models; III. Defect Production near Threshold Energies; IV. Dynamics of Collision Cascades: Beyond BCA Models; V. Ion-Beam Mixing; VI. Defect Production in Cascades; VII. Primary State of Damage; VIII. Effects of Surfaces and Applied Stresses on Cascades; IX. Freely Migrating Defects; X. Conclusions; Author Index; Subject Index.