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S. A. Sairan, Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces, Interfaces and Membranes, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994. 

S. Ross and I. D. Morrison, Colloidal Systems and Interfaces, Wiley, New York, 1988. S. A. Saffan, Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces, Interfaces and Membranes, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994. 

Initially in ceramic powder processing, particle surfaces are created tliat increase tlie surface energy of tlie system. During shape fomiing, surface/interface energy and interiiarticle forces are controlled witli surface active additives. 

The second type is a stable dispersion, or foam. Separation can be extremely difficult in some cases. A pure two-component system of gas and liquid cannot produce dispersions of the second type. Stable foams can oe produced only when an additional substance is adsorbed at the liquid-surface interface. The substance adsorbed may be in true solution but with a chemical tendency to concentrate in the interface such as that of a surface-active agent, or it may be a finely divided sohd which concentrates in the interface because it is only poorly wetted by the liquid. Surfactants and proteins are examples of soluble materials, while dust particles and extraneous dirt including traces of nonmisci-ble liquids can be examples of poorly wetted materials. 

Relative photoionization cross sections for molecules do not vary gready between each other in this wavelength region, and therefore the peak intensities in the raw data approximately correspond to the relative abundances of the molecular species. Improvement in quantification for both photoionizadon methods is straightforward with calibration. Sampling the majority neutral channel means much less stringent requirements for calibrants than that for direct ion production from surfaces by energetic particles this is especially important for the analysis of surfaces, interfaces, and unknown bulk materials. 

This Materials Characterization Series attempts to address the needs of the practical materials user, with an emphasis on the newer areas of surface, interface, and thin film microcharacteri2ation. The Series is composed of the leading volume. Encyclopedia of Materials Characterization, and a set of about 10 subsequent volumes concentrating on characterization of individual materials classes. 

The 10 volumes in the Series on characterization of particular materials classes include volumes on silicon processir, metals and alloys, catalytic materials, integrated circuit packaging, etc. Characterization is approached from the materials user s point of view. Thus, in general, the format is based on properties, processing steps, materials classification, etc., rather than on a technique. The emphasis of all volumes is on surfaces, interfaces, and thin films, but the emphasis varies depending on the relative importance of these areas for the materials class concerned. Appendixes in each volume reproduce the relevant one-page summaries from the Encyclopedia and provide longer summaries for any techniques referred to that are not covered in the Encyclopedia. 

This volume contains 50 articles describing analytical techniques for the characterization of solid materials, with emphasis on surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and microanalytical approaches. It is part of the Materials Characterization Series, copublished by Butterworth-Heinemann and Manning. This volume can serve as a stand-alone reference as well as a companion to the other volumes in the Series which deal with individual materials classes. Though authored by professional characterization experts the articles are written to be easily accessible to the materials user, the process engineer, the manager, the student—in short to all those who are not (and probably don t intend to be) experts but who need to understand the potential applications of the techniques to materials problems. Too often, technique descriptions are written for the technique specialist. 

Some of the techniques included apply more broadly than just to surfaces, interfaces, or thin films for example X-Ray Diffraction and Infrared Spectroscopy, which have been used for half a century in bulk solid and liquid analysis, respectively. They are included here because they have by now been developed to also apply to surfaces. A few techniques that are applied almost entirely to bulk materials (e.g.. Neutron Diffraction) are included because they give complementary information to other methods or because they are referred to significantly in the 10 materials volumes in the Series. Some techniques were left out because they were considered to be too restricted to specific applications or materials. 

Ellipsometry is a method of measuring the film thickness, refractive index, and extinction coefficient of single films, layer stacks, and substrate materials with very high sensitivity. Rough surfaces, interfaces, material gradients and mixtures of different materials can be analyzed. 

The influence of wood includes a variety of topics. Wood bonding is often described as a chain of several links wood (substance), wood surface, interface between wood and adhesive, surface of the glue line (boundary layer), glue line itself. As with all chains, the weakest link determines the strength of the chain. In wood gluing, in most cases, the interphase is the weakest link. 

Apical epithelial surface In the airway, surface interfacing with lumen. 

W.R. Salaneck. S. Slalsirdm, J.L. Bredas, Conjuyatetl Polymer Surfaces. Interfaces, Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 1996,... 

The steps do not necessarily, however, proceed as simply as indicated but may also involve the formation of additional intermediates, such as adsorbed O", 02, etc., and/or the generation and migration of defects at a surface, interface or in the bulk. 

As already analysed in Chapter 5, once the backspillover species originating from the solid electrolyte have migrated at the metal/gas interface, then they act as normal (chemical) promoters for catalytic reactions. For example, Lambert and coworkers via elegant use of XPS18 have shown that the state of sodium introduced via evaporation on a Pt surface interfaced with P"-A1203 is indistinguishable from Na5+ introduced on the same Pt surface via negative (cathodic) potential application. 

Figure 7.4. STM images (unfiltered) of a Pt(lll) surface interfaced with P"-A120j28 in ambient air showing the (a) sodium-cleaned and (b) sodium-dosed surface. Note (a) the Pt(l 1 l)-(2x2)-0 adlatice and the reversible appearance (b) of the Pt(l I l)-(12xl2)-Na adlayer (Ut = +100 mV, I, = 1.8 nA, total scan size 319 A).28 Reprinted with permission from Elsevier Science (c) STM images (unfiltered) of the effective double layer formed by the Nas+ (12x12) - Na adlayer on a Pt surface consisting mainly of Pt(l 11) planes and interfaced with p"-A1203.21,34 Each sphere is a Na atom. Reprinted with permission from The Electrochemical Society.

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