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Guide to Microscopes and Microanalysis

Surface Science including SAMS, Auger, ESCA, and PIXE

EAG Online Tutorials
The site includes a glossary of surface science and tutorials on Auger Electron Spectrometry, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, and secondary ion mass spectrometry instrumentation. Evans Analytical Group

How does an Atom Probe Work
The Three-Dimensional Atom Probe (3DAP) microscope is a point projection microscope that resolves millions of individuals atom positions in three dimensions and identifies the species of each atom by time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry. From Imago Instruments.

Particle-Surface Resources on the Internet
Over 100 links to particle resources. From Dr. Mark Shapiro from the University of California at Fullerton.

Surface Science Techniques
An extensive list of commonly used abbreviations of surface techniques with links to more detailed information. From Christopher Walker, University of York and Simon Morton, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory

Mailing List

A mailing list for users in surface science is available from the Surface Science Center, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Societies and User Groups

Division of Surface Sciences, Canadian Society of Chemistry and Canadian Society of Physicists
This site has news, meetings, an archive of newsletters, membership information, membership directory, manufacturers directory, poster session, for sale, and links to other surface science pages.

UK ESCA Users Group
This large surface science web site includes news, conference information, and links to government, commercial, learned societies, related WWW sites, and on-line databases of surface science information that includes Auger parameters, principal photoelectron and Auger energies, the properties of the elements, and the physical constants.

Facility and Departmental Information

Arizona State University Goldwater Materials Visualization Facility
University of Bristol Interface Analysis Centre
University of Surrey Surrey Centre for Research in Ion Beam Applications
  The Surface Analysis Laboratory
University of Western Ontario Surface Science Western
Delft University of Technology Charged Particle Optics
ETH Zürich Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LSST), Department of Materials

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