Abstract
We discuss some of the interesting problems associated with dynamical phenomena at surfaces and in thin films and methods to probe such dynamics, using neutron or X-ray scattering and related spectroscopic methods.
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to Chi-Chang Kao and Ralf Rohlsberger for providing me with some of their recent results in preparation for this presentation. I also wish to acknowledge support from NSF grant DMR-0209542 and the Basic Energy Sciences Division of the US Department of Energy, through grant DE-FG02-03ER46084.