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Decomposition of the XPS profiles into components of sublayers derives information on the local bond length, bond energy, atomic cohesive energy, binding energy density, and the energy levels Eν(0) of an isolated atom and its shift with the coordination environment. The Eν(0) and Eν(12) remain constant and the atomic CN varies only with the layer order and surface registry, regardless of the skin chemical constituent. Atomic undercoordination induced bond contraction drives relaxation and reconstruction of the surface of a crystal.

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