Differently coloured rays from different sources, meant to highlight the various ways a surface can be probed with analytical techniques. The golden spheres represent the surface of an electrocatalyst, and red and white spheres are reactant and products.

Interfacial investigations

Studying complex problems with a probe is a good start, but using multiple probes is better. As such, knowing what techniques can be used simultaneously, correlatively, or are incompatible is crucial.

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