Download or read book Basic Surfaces and Their Analysis written by Lyudmila V. Goncharova and published by Morgan & Claypool. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God made solids, but surfaces were the work of the devil." This statement by Nobel prize winner Wolfgang Paul emphasizes the diabolic nature of surfaces. Since surface properties deviate significantly from the bulk solid state, surface studies can be puzzling, misleading, and quite exciting! This book is an introduction to the basics of surface science including thermodynamics, surface structure, experimental probes, spectroscopy, microscopy, and ion-scattering. Surfaces are the external border of materials to the external worlds, thus by exploring surfaces one can investigate the material.