Irving Langmuir was also one of the founders of this field, and the scientific journal on surface science, Langmuir, bears his name.
歐文·朗繆爾（Irving Langmuir）也是这个领域的创始人之一，表面科学的科学杂志《朗缪尔 (期刊)》（《Langmuir》）以他的名字命名。