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The book is devoted to the consideration of the different processes taking place in thin films and at surfaces. Since the most important physico-chemical phenomena in such media are accompanied by the rearrangement of an intra- and intermolecular coordinates and consequently a surrounding molecular ensemble, the theory of radiationless multi-vibrational transitions is used for its description. The second part of the book considers the numerous surface phenomena. And in the third part is described the preparation methods and characteristics of different types of thin films.

Both experimental and theoretical descriptions are represented. Media rearrangement coupled with the reagent transformation largely determines the absolute value and temperature dependence of the rate constants and other characteristics of the considered processes. These effects are described at the atomic or molecular level based on the multi-phonon theory, starting from the first pioneering studies through to contemporary studies.

A number of questions are included at the end of many chapters to further reinforce the material presented.

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Ch. 1. Introduction / L. I. Trakhtenberg, S. H. Lin and O. J. Ilegbusi -- Ch. 2. Conventional theory of multi-phonon electron transitions / M. A. Kozhushner -- Ch. 3. Contemporary theory of electrons tunneling in condensed matter / M. A. Kozhushner -- Ch. 4. Ab initio calculations of electronic transitions and photoabsorption and photoluminescence spectra of silica and germania nanoparticles / A. M. Mebel, A. S. Zyubin, M. Hayashi and S. H. Lin -- Ch. 5. Density matrix treatments of ultrafast radiationless transitions / S. H. Lin, K. K. Liang, M. Hayashi and A. M. Mebel -- Ch. 6. Ultrafast radiationless transitions / M. Hayashi, A. M. Mebel and S. H. Lin -- Ch. 7. Point defects on the silica surface : structure and reactivity / V. A. Radzig -- Ch. 8. Atomic-molecular kinetic theory of physico-chemical processes in condensed phase and interfaces / Y. K. Tovbin -- Ch. 9. Integrated approach to dielectric film growth modeling : growth mechanisms and kinetics / A. A. Bagatur''yants, M. A. Deminskii, A. A. Knizhnik, B. V. Potapkin and S. Y. Umanskii -- Ch. 10. Vapor deposited composite films consisting of dielectric matrix with metal/semiconductor nanoparticles / G. N. Gerasimov and L. I. Trakhtenberg -- Ch. 11. Transport and magnetic properties of nanogranular metals / B. A. Aronzon, S. V. Kapelnitsky and A. S. Lagutin -- Ch. 12. Organized organic thin films : structure, phase transitions and chemical reactions / S. Trakhtenberg -- Ch. 13. Non-catalytic photo-induced immobilization processes in polymer films / S. Trakhtenberg, A. S. Cannon and J. C. Warner -- Ch. 14. Formation of unconventional compounds and catalysts in magnesium-containing organic films / V. V. Smirnov, L. A. Tyurina and I. P. Beletskaya -- Ch. 15. Charge effects in catalysis by nanostructured metals / S. A. Gurevich, V. M. Kozhevin, I. N. Yassievich, D. A. Yavsin, T. N. Rostovshchikova and V. V. Smirnov -- Ch. 16. Synthesis of crystalline C-N thin films / H. Song and O. J. Ilegbusi.