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This book covers 10 surface characterization techniques divided into three sections. The first section covers the theoretical background, instrumentation and their salient features and a general understanding behind the results. The second section delves into deeper discussion of every terminology and concept. The third section is composed of 5 sets of examples from different research papers for every technique. Preface Surface area and porosity Temperature-programmed surface techniques Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) UV–vis spectroscopy Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy X-ray diffraction (XRD) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) Scanning tunneling microscopy Index