Understanding Surface and Thin Film Science

Provides a practical, experimentally-driven introduction to the materials science of surfaces and thin filmsConnects the essential concepts with the variables controlled in a laboratory setting, to aid in understanding experimental design and resultsTakes a visual approach with many illustrations of experimental deposition and characterization techniques to highlight what happens at the atomic level on surfaces and thin filmsIncludes worked examples and problems at the end of each chapterGives conceptually clear, mathematically simple explanations