The second edition of this work has been supplemented by such up-to-date topics as depletion forces, surface modification by plasma polymerization, principles o... » 

The second edition of this work has been supplemented by such up-to-date topics as depletion forces, surface modification by plasma polymerization, principles of lithography, or inverse gas chromatography, while the number and variety of exercises has been increased.The text reflects the many facets of this discipline by linking physical fundamentals with application-specific topics. «