Applied Surface Science covers topics contributing to a better understanding of surfaces, interfaces, nanostructures and their applications. The journal is concerned with scientific research on the atomic and molecular level of material properties determined with specific surface analytical techniques and/or computational methods, as well as the processing of such structures.
This journal accommodates the following topics:
- Surface science of catalysis, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis;
- Deposition and growth;
- 2D assembly;
- Surface and interface modification by directed energy deposition (lasers, ion or electron beams) or other techniques such as plasmas;
- Surface engineering and functionalization;
- Functional surfaces and coatings;
- Electrochemistry at surfaces and corrosion protection strategies;
- Surface science applied to energy conversion and storage;
- Surface nanotechnology and devices;
- Semiconductors - surface and interface;
- Biointerfaces.
Note to authors
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Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
- H. Rudolph
Netherlands Defense Academy Faculty of Military Sciences, P.O. Box 90002, 4800 PA, Breda, Netherlands
Editors
- A. Bandarenka
Technical University of Munich, 80333, Munchen, Germany - S. Barcikowski
University of Duisburg-Essen Department of Technical Chemistry I, Universitaetsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany - M. Dinescu
National Institute for Laser Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor, 077125, Magurele, Romania - E. van Faassen
Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333ZA, Leiden, Netherlands - Q. Fu
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, 457 Zhongshan Road, 116023, Dalian, China - G. Grundmeier
University of Paderborn Research Area Technical Chemistry, Warburger St. 100, D-33098, Paderborn, Germany - B. Han
Yonsei University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 03722, Seoul, Korea, Republic of - W.-X. Huang
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Hefei, China - A. Juan
National University of the South Institute of Physics of the South, Av. Alem 1253, 8000, Buenos Aires, Argentina - P. Kingshott
Swinburne University of Technology Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology, 543-454 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, 3122, Australia - T. Komeda
Tohoku University, Inst. of Multidisciplinary Res. for Adv. Materials (IMRAM), 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai-Shi, 980-8577, Japan - M.R. Linford
Brigham Young University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, C-310 BNSN, Provo, Utah, 84602, United States - C.F. McConville
RMIT University College of Science Engineering and Health, PO Box 71, Melbourne, 3083, Australia - M.F. Montemor
University of Lisbon Higher Technical Institute, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal - R.L. Opila
University of Delaware Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 126 Spencer Lab, Newark, Delaware, DE 19716-3140, United States - P.M. Ossi
Polytechnic of Milan, 20133, Milano, Italy - N. Pryds
UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy Environment and Sustainable Development, Building 779 - Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark - M. Rocca
University of Genoa Department of Physics, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy - P. Schaaf
Ilmenau University of Technology Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Str. 5, 98693, Ilmenau, Germany - Y. Shen
Tsinghua University School of Materials Science and Engineering, 100084, Beijing, China - I. Shuttleworth
Nottingham Trent University, NG11 8NS, Nottingham, United Kingdom - J. Strunk
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 12849, Rostock, Germany - A.V. Teplyakov
University of Delaware Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, Delaware, 19716, United States - J. Terry
Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Physics, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois, 60616-2852, United States - H.M. Urbassek
Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern Staatliches Forschungszentrum fur Optik und Materialwissenschaften, Kaiserslautern, Germany - Z.G. Wang
University of Science and Technology of China Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, 230026, Hefei, China - J.E. Whitten
University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Chemistry, One University Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts, 01854, United States - K. Yong
POSTECH, Department of Chemical Engineering, 77 Cheongam-Ro. Nam-Gu. Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Korea, Republic of - J. Yu
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis Processing, Luoshi Road 122#, 430070, Wuhan, China
Managing Editors
- M. Alves
Lisboa, Portugal - C. Barroo
Bruxelles, Belgium - L.C. Cordoba
- L. Gamrad
Essen, Germany - M. Golda-Cepa
Krakow, Poland - D. Marani
København, Denmark - E. Nováková
Den Haag, The Netherlands - E. Rodríguez Vidal
Eibar, Spain - F. Stokker-Cheregi
Magurele, Romania
Advisory Editorial Board
- K. Akimoto
University of Tsukuba School of Science and Engineering College of Physics, Tsukuba, Japan - D.E. Aspnes
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States - T.J. Bandosz PhD, DSC
City University of New York, New York, New York, United States - A Bandyopadhyay
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States - B.N. Dev
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science School of Materials Sciences, Jadavpur, India - E. Fortunato
New University of Lisbon Centre for Materials Research, Caparica, Portugal - C. Fotakis
Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Irakleio, Greece - Y. Gao
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States - J. Greeley PhD
Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering, Lafayette, Indiana, United States - D.D. Gu
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China - S. Hofmann
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany - Y. Leterrier
Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland - J. Lian
Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China - G. Lopinski
National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - A. Miotello
University of Trento, Trento, Italy - R. Morent
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium - A. Nakajima
Tokyo Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering School of Engineering Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Tokyo, Japan - J.W. Niemantsverdriet
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom - S.J. Pearton
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States - E. Pincik
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia - F. Rosei
National Institute for Scientific Research Energy Materials and Telecommunications Research Centre, Varennes, Quebec, Canada - P. Schmuki
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany - A. Shard
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, United Kingdom - C.Q. Sun
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore - X.W. Sun
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore - S. Suzer
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey - H. Swart
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa - H.J.W. Zandvliet
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands - W. Zheng
Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China - L.V. Zhigilei
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States - H. Zuilhof
Wageningen University Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen, Netherlands