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This book offers a clear and experiment-driven introduction to the materials science of surfaces and thin films. It includes only simple mathematics and numerous illustrations to help develop an intuitive understanding of how atomic level processes relate to macroscopic variables such as temperature, deposition rate, and energies. The book starts by addressing properties of clean surfaces and surfaces with adsorbed atoms on them, and advances to discussion of the coalescence, growth, and thickening of thin solid films for various applications.

Understanding Surface and Thin Film Science

Introduction to Surface and Thin Film Physics. Definitions. Difference from bulk. Overview-big picture. Surfaces. Crystal structure and chemistry. Surface Dynamics. Surface Thermodynamics. Surface Properties: Electrical, Magnetic, and Optical. Thin Films. Overview of thin film growth. Vacuum and Plasma Environments. Thin Film Deposition: Physical Vapor Deposition. Thin Film Deposition: Chemical Vapor Deposition. Characterization of Surfaces and Thin Films. Characterization: Chemical techniques. Characterization: Optical Techniques. Characterization: Electrical and Magnetic Techniques. Characterization: Mechanical properties.