About the Journal

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Focus and Coverage

Surface Science Spectra offers convenient and easy access to peer-reviewed spectral data from on-going international industrial and academic research. Surface Science Spectra publishes reference, comparison, and technical spectra representing a range of spectra including XPS, AES and SIMS. SSS features over 780 different materials with downloadable data, as well as, focused-topic submissions which contribute to the completeness of the archival database by including collections of spectra on materials of particular interest to the community. Surface Science Spectra archives, in a systematic and uniform format, surface data from a wide range of fields - giving you truly usable reference spectra and the latest findings from new research and materials important to your work.SSS makes available each spectrum in its unsmoothed and un-manipulated form so that you know you're looking at original data, not someone else's interpretation. By submitting your research to this important project, you are joining a list of scientists and researchers who have contributed the important analytical reference information that surface scientists and lab analysts have long needed. Surface Science Spectra is available online as well as in a yearly printed volume.

Editors

Editors

James E. Castle
University of Surrey, UK
j.castle@surrey.ac.uk

Richard T. Haasch
University of Illinois
r-haasch@illinois.edu

Stephen W. Gaarenstroom (Editor Emeritus)
Warren, MI
gaaren@yahoo.com

Associate Editors

L. Armelao, University of Padova (Italy)
D. Barreca, University of Padova (Italy)
A.M. Belu, Medtronic (USA)
P.A. Coxon, Torr Scientific (UK)
L.E. Davis, Minnetonka , MN (USA)
M.H. Engelhard, Pacific Northwest Natl. Lab. (USA)
M.R. Linford, Brigham Young University (USA)
S. Pachuta, 3M, Inc. (USA)
I. Petrov, University of Illinois (USA)
J.J. Pireaux, Facultes University Notre-Dame (Belgium)
R. Quinlan, Naval Surface Warfare Center (USA)
P.M.A. Sherwood, Oklahoma State University (USA)
S.J. Simko, Ford Motor Company (USA)
S. Tougaard, Odense University (Denmark)
W.E.S. Unger, BAM (Germany)

2005 – 2009
S. W. Gaarenstroom

1999 – 2004
S. W. Gaarenstroom
R. P. Vasquez

1996 – 1998
S. W. Gaarenstroom
M. H. Hecht

1994 – 1995
C. E. Bryson
S. W. Gaarenstroom

1992 – 1993
C. E. Bryson
G. E. McGuire

Editorial Board & Publications Committee

SSSEditorial Board

D.R. Baer, Pacific Northwest Natl. Lab. (USA)
J.D. Geller, Geller MicroAnalytical Lab. (USA)
G.E. McGuire, ITC (USA)
D.S. Simons, NIST (USA)
F.A. Stevie, North Carolina State University (USA)

AVS Publications Committee

Chair: Ivan Petrov, Univ. of Illinois
Mark H. Engelhard, Pacific Northwest Natl. Lab.
Gregory J. Exarhos, Pacific Northwest Natl. Lab.
Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge Natl. Lab.
J. William Rogers, Jr., Idaho Natl. Lab.
Suzanne L. Rohde, Univ. of Nebraska
Winston Schoenfeld, Univ. of Central Florida

More About SSS

Add a cost-effective tool to your lab or library by subscribing to Surface Science Spectra - the definitive international reference guide to spectral data. Applications range from routine identification work to current research in industrial, government, and university labs. Surface Science Spectra offers scientists, engineers, and analysts easy and convenient access to high-quality spectra and related data.Your subscription also gives access to SSS Online.Publications appear online as soon as they are accepted and production ready.You will have instant access to all back issues and spectra accumulated since the Journal’s first issue.

A Comprehensive Spectral Reference. Surface Science Spectra is the only ongoing source available for comprehensive spectral data. An official journal of the AVS, Surface Science Spectra currently publishes XPS, Auger, and SIMS spectra and will expand to include other surface spectroscopies in future volumes.

Extensive Experimental Details Included. Each data entry in the journal contains complete and useful information about the spectra presented, enabling you to compare them, accurately, with your own experimental results.Based on a comprehensive Data Dictionary that identifies 188 items necessary to define, fully, each set of spectra, every submission includes details on:

• sample history and treatment
• instrument configuration
• calibration
• experimental parameters
• data analysis methods

You can use the extensive, descriptive information presented in these published spectra to relate them correctly to your own spectra - providing additional verification of your results or even eliminating the need and expense of generating reference spectra of your own.

The Only Peer-Reviewed Spectral Archive. Surface Science Spectra is the only refereed spectral data reference source available. Peer-review ensures that only the highest quality spectra are accepted for publication and sets new standards for data collection. Reviewers verify that all submissions are free from error or manipulation, are free from inconsistencies or omissions that would reduce the usefulness of the data for comparison, have technological significance, and have enduring value to the surface science community.

More Spectra Than in Other Journals. Surface Science Spectra publishes full sets of spectra, not just the one or two most journal articles typically include. Scientists can share all the spectra associated with their research - spectra generally omitted in other journals because of pressure on the number of figures - as well as the complete background details on their experiments, making precise and meaningful comparisons possible despite instrument or procedural differences.Focused-Topic Issues and Consolidated References on Specific Materials. Focused-Topics provide in-depth spectral data of widely used materials in a number of fields, including information on:

• semiconductors
• transition metals
• oxides
• biomaterials
• polymers…and more!

Publications Office

Publications Office Manager
Nancy Schultheis

SSS Editorial Assistant
Tonya Yandle
Telephone: (919) 226-0091

AVS Publications Office
100 Park Drive, Suite 105, Caller Box 13994
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Telephone: (919) 361-2787
Fax: (919) 361-1378
e-mail: sss@jvst.org

SSS Editorial Staff at AIP
Team Manager: Theresa Fucito