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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
The interaction potential between an atom and a surface is constructed using the “effective medium theory” (EMT) for the repulsive part of the interaction, and the damped dipole-dipole and dipole-quadrupole Van der Waals terms for the attractive part. This model is then applied to the following systems: He/MgO, LiF, NaCl, Ag and Cu.