Chapter 6 - Basic Structural and Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Surfaces.

Starting from simple models, the description is extended to the surfaces delimiting 3D crystals, with the use of localized and plane wave basis set. A review of the methods is given, from semi-empirical to ab-initio DFT calculations. A report on different cases of ideal and reconstructed surfaces is given, with reference to most relevant and intriguing examples of semiconductor surfaces.