Table of Contents

Macroscopic Techniques.- Optical Techniques.- X-ray Techniques.- Neutral Particle Techniques.- Charged Particle Techniques.- Scanning Probe Techniques.

About the Author

Dr. GIANANGELO BRACCO: HONORS AND AWARDS November 2008: Fellowship, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak). October 2008: Fellowship (“Short Term Mobility”), Italian National Research Council (CNR). 2006: Research Fellowship, Technical University, Graz (Austria) 1998: Research Fellowship, Section F of National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM), Italy. 1988: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Surface Physics Lab, Department of Physics, University of Genoa 1987: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Physics, University of Genoa 1984-86: Ph.D. Fellowship, University of Genoa Co-organizer of Conferences 2009: Member of the Organizing Committee of the 26th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS26), Parma (Italy), 30 August-4 September 2009. 2006: Member of the Organizing Committee of the 12th Workshop on Surface Dynamics, June 22-25, 2006, Modena (Italy). 2004: Member of the Organizing Committee of the 21st International Conference on Atomic Collision in Solids, held in Genoa (Italy) on July 4-9, 2004. 2002: Coordinator and chairman of the symposium: “Growth and properties of organic films” in the National INFMeeting 2002, held in Bari (Italy). June 24-28 2002. 1995-96: Scientific Secretary of the 16th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS16), 9-13 September 1996, Genoa (Italy). 1992-93: Scientific Secretary of the 7th International Conference on Vibrations at Surfaces (VAS7), 14-17 June 1993, Santa Margherita Ligure (Italy)