Surface Science is devoted to elucidating the fundamental aspects of chemistry and physics occurring at a wide range of surfaces and interfaces and to disseminating this knowledge fast. The journal welcomes a broad spectrum of topics, including but not limited to:
- model systems (e.g. in Ultra High Vacuum) under well-controlled reactive conditions
- nanoscale science and engineering, including manipulation of matter at the atomic/molecular scale and assembly phenomena
- reactivity of surfaces as related to various applied areas including heterogeneous catalysis, chemistry at electrified interfaces, and semiconductors functionalization
- phenomena at interfaces relevant to energy storage and conversion, and fuels production and utilization
- surface reactivity for environmental protection and pollution remediation
- interactions at surfaces of soft matter, including polymers and biomaterials
- low dimensional materials
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Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
- M. Mavrikakis
University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, WI 53706, United States
Editors
- H. Bluhm
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195, Berlin, Germany - K. Fukui
Osaka University School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan - L. Grabow PhD
University of Houston, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, TX 77204-4004, Houston, Texas, , United States - H-P. Steinrück
Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg Chair of Physical Chemistry II, Egerlandstrasse 3, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany
Advisory Editorial Board
- N.L. Abbott
Cornell University School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 113 Ho Plaza, Ithaca, New York, 14853-5201, United States - S. L. Anderson
University of Utah Department of Chemistry, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112-0850, United States - M.S. Arnold
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 248 MS&E Building,1509 University Avenue,, Madison, Wisconsin, WI 53706, United States - T. Aruga
Kyoto Daigaku Rigaku Kenkyuka Rigakubu Chikyu Wakusei Kagaku Senko Chikyu Butsurigaku, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan - C.J. Baddeley
University of St Andrews EaSTCHEM Research School, North Haugh, Fife, KY16 9ST, St. Andrews, United Kingdom - P. Balbuena
Texas A&M University Artie Mcferrin Department Of Chemical Engineering, 3122 TAMU, College Station, Texas, 77843, United States - S.F. Bent
Stanford University Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, 381 North South Mall, Stanford, California, CA 94305-5025, United States - M. Bowker
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Chemistry, Main building, Parc Place, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, United Kingdom - C.T. Campbell
University of Washington Department of Chemistry, Bagley Hall, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington, 98195-1700, United States - Z. Dohnálek
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Lab., P. O. Box 999, K8, Richland, Washington, 99354, United States - J. Evans
Iowa State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ames, , Iowa, USA - H.-J. Freund
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195, Berlin, Germany - A.J. Gellman
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemical Engineering, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PA 15213, United States - L. Grabow PhD
University of Houston, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, TX 77204-4004, Houston, Texas, , United States - G. Granozzi
Universita degli Studi di Padova Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, via Marzolo Francesco 1, 35131, Padova, Italy - A. Gross
University of Ulm Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, 89069, Ulm, Germany - G. Henkelman
University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering, 107 West Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas, TX 78712-1062, United States - K. Honkala
University of Jyvaskyla Nanoscience Center, P.O.Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland - F. Illas
University of Barcelona Faculty of Chemistry, Marti i Franques 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain - W.X. Li
University of Science and Technology of China Department of Chemical Physics, 230026, Hefei, China - E. Lundgren
Lund University Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Box 118, 221 00, Lund, Sweden - D. Maroudas
University of Massachusetts at Amherst Department of Chemical Engineering, 686 North Pleasant St., Amherst, Massachusetts, MA 01003-9303, United States - M.M. Murnane
JILA, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0440, United States - J.K. Nørskov
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Fysik, 2800, Kogens Lyngby, Denmark - G. Pacchioni
Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, via Roberto Cozzi 55, 20126, Milano, Italy - X. Qiu
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, Zhong Guan Cun, Bei Yi Tiao No. 11, 100190 Beijing, China - S. Schauermann
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 8, 24118, Kiel, Germany - A. Selloni
Princeton University Department of Chemistry, Washington Road and William Street, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544-1009, United States - V. Stamenkovic
Argonne National Laboratory Materials Science Division, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, MSD223-B137, Argonne, Illinois, IL 60439-4845, United States - M. Sterrer
Karl-Franzens Universitat Institut fur Physik, Universitaetsplatz 5, 8010, Graz, Austria - S. L. Tait PhD
Indiana University Bloomington Department of Chemistry, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405-7102, United States - A.V. Teplyakov
University of Delaware Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, Delaware, 19716, United States - J. Vohs
University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 220 S. 33rd Street, Room 311A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA 19104-6393, United States - J.F. Weaver
University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 116005, Gainesville, Florida, FL 32611-6005, United States - J. Wintterlin
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Department of Chemistry, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, 81377, Munchen, Germany - J. Zhu PhD
National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, 42 South Hezuohua Road, 230029, Hefei, Anhui, China