By making explicit use of the so-called 'Kambe structure constants', origin
ally formulated for a theoretical description of low energy electron diffra
ction (LEED), the screened KKR surface Green's function (SKKR-SGF) method f
or layered systems can conceptually be extended to multilayer systems corre
sponding to complex two-dimensional lattices and to layer relaxation at int
erfaces (surfaces). In the present paper the screening properties of the 'K
ambe structure constants' are illustrated.