I n eight volumes, this unique handbook covers all fundamental aspects of surface and interface science and offers a comprehensive overview of this research area for scientists working in the field, as well as an introduction for newcomers. Volume 1 presents a detailed description of the most important theoretical and experimental tools of surface science. Our present knowledge about the specific physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces is described in the following volumes in the order of increasing complexity. Volume 1: Concepts and Methods Volume 2: Properties of Elemental Surfaces Volume 3: Properties of Composite Surfaces: Alloys, Compounds, Semiconductors Volume 4: Solid-Solid Interfaces and Thin Films Volume 5: Solid-Gas Interfaces I Volume 6: Solid-Gas Interfaces II Volume 7: Solid-Liquid and Biological Interfaces Volume 8: Applications of Surface Science In this volume: Introduction: An Intuitive Approach to Surface and Interface Science An Introduction to the Theory of Crystalline Elemental Solids and their Surfaces Experimental Surface Methods Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Diffraction Spectroscopic Databases and Standardization for Auger-Electron Spectroscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Two-Photon Photoelectron Spectroscopy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy Photon Spectroscopy X-Ray Diffraction from Surfaces and Interfaces Scanning Probe Techniques.