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
Fac. of Military Sciences (FMS), Netherlands Defence Academy, P.O. Box 90002, 4800 PA, Breda, Netherlands
Editors
- S. Barcikowski
Lehrstuhl für Technische Chemie I, Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitaetsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany - M. Dinescu
National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), 409 Atomistilor, RO 77125, Magurele-Bucharest, Romania - Q. Fu
Dalian Inst. of Chemical Physics, State Key Lab. of Catalysis, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 457 Zhongshan Road, 116023, Dalian, China - G. Grundmeier
Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Universität Paderborn, Warburger St. 100, D-33098, Paderborn, Germany - W.-X. Huang
Dept. of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 230026, Hefei, China - A. Juan
Departamento de Fisica & IFISUR (UNS-CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, 8000, Bahia Blanca, Argentina - P. Kingshott
Fac. of Engineering & Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 543-454 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Victoria, 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
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, C-310 BNSN, Provo, Utah, UT 84602, USA - C.F. McConville
College of Science, Engineering & Health, RMIT University, 414-18 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 8006, Victoria, Australia - M.F. Montemor
ICEMS-DEQ, Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal - R.L. Opila
Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Dupont Hall 210, Newark, Delaware, DE 19716, USA - J. Perrière
Inst. des Nanosciences de Paris, UMR CNRS 7588, Sorbonne Universités, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris, France - N. Pryds
Dept. of Energy Conversion and Storage, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Building 779 - Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark - M. Rocca
Dept. of Physics, Università degli Studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy - P. Schaaf
Inst. of Materials Engineering and Inst. of Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Str. 5, 98693, Ilmenau, Germany - Y. Shen
School of Materials Science & Engineering, State Key Lab of New Ceramics & Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China - F. Tao
Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Learned Hall, 1530 W 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, KS 66045-7609, USA - A.V. Teplyakov
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, DE 19716, USA - J. Terry
Dept. of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois, USA - H.M. Urbassek
Physics Department and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany - E. van Faassen
Nephrology department, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, 2333ZA, Leiden, Netherlands - R.M. Wallace
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas, TX 75080, USA - Z.G. Wang
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 230026, Hefei, China - J.E. Whitten
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts, MA 01854, USA - J. Yu
State Key Lab. of Adv. Tech. for Mater. Syn. Proc., Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122#, 430070, Wuhan, China
Managing Editors
- M. Alves
Lisboa, Portugal - L.C. Cordoba
- L. Gamrad
Essen, Germany - E. Nováková
Den Haag, The Netherlands - F. Stokker-Cheregi
Magurele-Bucharest, Romania
Advisory Editorial Board
- K. Akimoto
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan - D.E. Aspnes
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA - T.J. Bandosz PhD, DSC
City University of New York (CUNY), New York, New York, USA - A Bandyopadhyay
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA - B.N. Dev
Indian Association. for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India - E. Fortunato
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal - C. Fotakis
Foundation for Research & Technology - FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece - Y. Gao
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA - J. Greeley
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA - D.D. Gu
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China - S. Hofmann
Max Planck Institut (MPI) für Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany - Y. Leterrier
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland - J. Lian
Jilin University, Changchun, China - G. Lopinski
Conseil national de recherches Canada (CNRC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - A. Miotello
Università di Trento, Povo (Trento), Italy - R. Morent
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium - A. Nakajima
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan - J.W. Niemantsverdriet
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK - S.J. Pearton
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA - E. Pincik
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia - F. Rosei
INRS-EMT, Varennes, Quebec, Canada - P. Schmuki
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany - A. Shard
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK - 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 City, China - L.V. Zhigilei
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - H. Zuilhof
WU Argrotechnology & Food Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands