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Introduction to Surface Physical Chemistry

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The first half of this century was governed by great discoveries in the field of particle and solid state physics that led to the foundation of quantum theory as probably the most useful concept to describe the properties of matter. With regard to chemistry, extremely important developments in reaction kinetics, complex chemistry, and synthetic organic chemistry were made at the same time. Today, this pattern has changed somewhat and it must now be obvious to any observant natural scientist that, not only biological or biochemical disciplines more and more predominate but also surface and interface phenomena steadily gain interest. Information technology, metallurgy, heterogeneous catalysis, materials science — all these disciplines make use of the physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces.

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Christmann, K. (1991). Introduction. In: Introduction to Surface Physical Chemistry. Topics in Physical Chemistry, vol 1. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08009-2_1

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