The Importance of Surfaces

I would like to start by emphasizing the importance of surfaces. It is at a surface where many of our most interesting and useful phenomena occur. We live for example on the surface of a planet. It is at a surface where the catalysis of chemical reactions occur. It is essentially at a surface of a plant that sunlight is converted to a sugar. In electronics, most if not all active circuit elements involve non-equilibrium phenomena occurring at surfaces. Much of biology is concerned with reactions at a surface.

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Surfaces are where are the interesting scientific stuff is taking place.

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 Surface properties of semiconductors
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Brattain, Walter H. (11 Dec 1956), Surface properties of semiconductors, World Scientific Pub Co Inc, Retrieved on 2012-01-28
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