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Surface & interfacial phenomena


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  • Adhesion
  • Adsorption
    • Adsorption isotherm
    • Chemisorption
    • Gravimetric adsorption measurements
    • Physisorption
    • Volumetric adsorption measurements
  • Atom impact & scattering
  • Cohesion
    • Self-healing
  • Cracking
  • Crazing
  • Desorption
  • Fracture
  • Friction
  • Growth
    • Island
  • Ion impact & scattering
  • Irradiation effects
    • Radiation damage
  • Island
  • Lubrication
  • Nucleation on surfaces
  • Roughness
  • Surface diffusion
  • Surface instabilities
    • Buckling
    • Cratering
    • Creasing
    • Wrinkling
  • Surface reconstruction
  • Tribology
    • Abrasion
    • Friction
    • Lubrication
    • Wear
  • Wall slip
  • Wetting
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