The papers in this volume were presented at an international symposium on Topics in Surface Chemistry which was held in Bad Neuenahr, West Germany., September 7-9, 1977. The symposium was sponsored by IBM Germany. It has been recognized for many years that our understanding of bulk phenomena and their subsequent exploitation depends largely on our ability to define correlations between microscopic structure and the physical and chemical phenomena of interest. The role played by surface phenomena in the overall behavior of a material has been a subject for speculation for a long time, but only during the last decade or so have experimental and theor etical tools been developed which make it possible to investigate surface structure and related surface phenomena uniquely. Numerous surface spectroscopies have been developed in recent years intended to describe the geometric, vibrational and electronic structure of a surface. Our present understanding of surface, thin film and interfacial phenomena in solid state physics owes much to these developments. In chemistry much of the interest in surface science has come from the obvious implications to such important and diverse fields as catalysis and corrosion. It takes little imagination to recognize that there are many other areas where advances in surface science can be brought to bear.

Inhalt
Surface Studies in Electrochemical Systems.- Reactions on Semiconductor Electrodes.- Photoelectron Emission into Electrolytes.- Formation of Surface Compounds on Electrodes.- Ordered Arrays of Organic Molecules at Surfaces and Interfaces.- Monolayer Assemblies.- Fast Radiation-Induced Processes in Micellar Assemblies.- Polymerization of Diacetylenes in Multilayers.- Atomic and Molecular Scattering from Surfaces.- Atomic and Molecular Scattering from Surfaces Elastic Scattering.- Reactive Scattering.- Low Energy Ion Scattering.- Aspects of Surface Chemical Bonding.- Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Surface Chemistry.- Impact of Surface Physics on Catalysis.- Spectroscopy of Surface Vibrations.- Optical Excitations at Surfaces.- Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy.- Optical Spectroscopy of Surface Excitations in Molecular Crystals and Monomolecular Layers.- Raman Spectroscopy at Surfaces.