This fully updated edition provides a broad approach to the surface analysis of polymers being of high technological interest. Modern analytical techniques, potential applications and recent advances in instrumental apparatus are discussed. The self-consistent chapters are devoted to techniques from photoelectron spectroscopy to electron microscopies and wettability.

Luigia Sabbatiniand lvira di Giglio, Universita degli Studii di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.