An overview of the wide scope of application of surface science techniques to practical problems is given in this volume.

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I Surface Science Techniques.- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy on Clean and Adsorbate-Covered Semiconductor and Metal Surfaces.- Photoelectron Holography: A Status Report.- Studies of Surface Composition and Structure Using Low-Energy Ion Scattering and SIMS.- Heavy-Ion Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry.- Auger Photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy of Transition Metals.- Second-Harmonic Generation Applied to the Formation of Ultrathin Organic Films on Inorganic Substrates.- II Metal Surfaces.- Restructuring at Surfaces.- The Role of Kinetic Effects in the Growth of Pt on Pt(111).- Vibrational Spectroscopy of Alloy Surfaces and Adsorbate-Covered Metal Surfaces.- Surface Barrier States and Resonances of Metals.- III Semiconductor Surfaces.- Cleavage Processes and Steps in Semiconductors.- The Alkali Metal Induced Oxidation of Si(100) Surfaces.- Similarities Between Crystalline Silicon Surfaces and Amorphous Silicon Films.- The Clean and Hydrogen-Terminated (100) and (111) Surfaces of Diamond and Silicon.- IV Thin Films.- Formation of Zinc Oxide Thin Films by the Thermal Decomposition of Zinc Acetate.- Surface Analysis of Pigments and Stressed Polymer Films Using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.- V Catalysts.- Model Catalysts: The Local Properties of Specific Surface Sites.- Adsorption and Reaction of Small Molecules on Oxide Surfaces.- Surface Science in Three Dimensions: Zeolites as Model Catalysts.- On the Role of Aromaticity in Bonding Hydrocarbons to Metal Surfaces.- Investigation of Catalyst Systems by Means of Low-Energy Ion Scattering.- Surface Analysis of Catalysts by Electron Spectroscopy and Ion Scattering Spectroscopy.- Supported Copper Catalysts: Surface Studies and Catalytic Performance.- Index of Contributors.