books.google.com.au - A subject of keen scientific inquiry since the last century, surface physics emerged as an independent discipline only in the late 1960s resulting from the development of ultra-high vacuum technology and high speed digital computers. With these tools, reliable experimental measurements and theoretical...http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Physics_at_Surfaces.html?id=KJj98B_3Dr8C&q=diffusion&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePhysics at Surfaces
