"21st Century Surface Science: a Handbook" ed. by Phuong Pham, Pratibha Goel, Samir Kumar, Kavita Yadav

This book presents some recent representative achievements in the field of surface science, including synthesis techniques, surface modifications, nanoparticle-based smart coatings, wettability of different surfaces, physics/chemistry characterizations, and growth kinetics of thin films.

Surface sciences elucidate the physical and chemical aspects of the surfaces and interfaces of materials. Of great interest in this field are nanomaterials, which have recently experienced breakthroughs in synthesis and application.
The book illustrates some of the important applications related to silicon, CVD graphene, graphene oxide, transition metal dichalcogenides, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanoparticles, transparent conducting oxide, and metal oxides.

Contents
1. Growth Kinetics of Thin Film Epitaxy
2. Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
3. Technological Background and Properties of Thin Film Semiconductors
4. The New Etching Technologies of Graphene Surfaces
5. Surface Science of Graphene-Based Monoliths and Their Electrical, Mechanical, and Energy Applications
6. Creation and Evaluation of Atomically Ordered Side- and Facet-Surface Structures of Three-Dimensional Silicon Nano-Architectures
7. Wettability on Different Surfaces
8. Smart Surfaces with Tunable Wettability
9. Microfluidic Devices: Applications and Role of Surface Wettability in Its Fabrication
10. Performance Evaluation and Mechanism Study of a Silicone Hydrophobic Polymer for Improving Gas Reservoir Permeability
11. Electrospinning Technique as a Powerful Tool for the Design of Superhydrophobic Surfaces
12. Smart Coatings with Carbon Nanoparticles
13. Advances in Dropwise Condensation: Dancing Droplets
14. Measuring the Blind Holes: Three-Dimensional Imaging of through Silicon via Using High Aspect Ratio AFM Probe

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