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Science 23 April 1982:
Vol. 216. no. 4544, pp. 367 - 372
DOI: 10.1126/science.216.4544.367
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Surface Spectroscopies with Synchrotron Radiation

N. V. Smith 1 and D. P. Woodruff 2

1 Member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 and is a user of the synchrotron radiation facilities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Brookhaven National Synchrotron Light Source
2 Lecturer in the Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom, and is a user at the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source

A variety of photoelectron spectroscopies using synchrotron radiation have been devised to study solid surfaces. Measurements of the energies and angular distributions of electrons photoemitted from valence levels yield detailed information on surface electronic states and the chemical bonding of adsorbed atoms and molecules. Core level studies yield surface atom positions and molecular orientations. Some highlights of recent research are presented here. The capabilities of the techniques will be extended by the forthcoming generation of new storage rings dedicated to the production of synchrotron radiation.


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