Professor Jack Yarwood is an emeritus professor at Sheffield Hallam University. Professor Simon Duckett is a research group leader at the University of York, UK. His group is mainly involved in the design, development and implementation of NMR methods, supported by the synthesis of inorganic and organometallic complexes. Dr Richard Douthwaite is at the University of York, UK. His main research interests include molecular and materials chemistry and photocatalysis. Both an EPSRC college member and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr Douthwaite is also on the SCI National Materials Committee.

• Preface;Photoelectron Spectroscopy of water at metal surfaces;Vibrational Spectroscopic studies of catalytic processes on Oxide surfaces;Studies of water at Inorganic solid interfaces;FTIR-ATR and Raman Studies of Archeological materials;THz Spectroscopy of Inorganic glasses and carbon nanotubes;Applications of Ionic Liquids to inorganic chemistry;NQR;Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) for Fuel Cells

Professor Jack Yarwood is an emeritus professor at Sheffield Hallam University. Professor Simon Duckett is a research group leader at the University of York, UK. His group is mainly involved in the design, development and implementation of NMR methods, supported by the synthesis of inorganic and organometallic complexes. Dr Richard Douthwaite is at the University of York, UK. His main research interests include molecular and materials chemistry and photocatalysis. Both an EPSRC college member and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr Douthwaite is also on the SCI National Materials Committee.

• Preface;Photoelectron Spectroscopy of water at metal surfaces;Vibrational Spectroscopic studies of catalytic processes on Oxide surfaces;Studies of water at Inorganic solid interfaces;FTIR-ATR and Raman Studies of Archeological materials;THz Spectroscopy of Inorganic glasses and carbon nanotubes;Applications of Ionic Liquids to inorganic chemistry;NQR;Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) for Fuel Cells