1. Thermodynamics of surface phehomena -- 2. Experimental methods of study of surface properties of solids -- 3. Localized states and surface elementary excitations -- 4. Surface properties of solids and methods for describing them -- 5. Calculation of surface characteristics of metals using the method of the electronic density functional -- 6. Calculation of adhesion characteristics of metals and their melts by the density functional method -- 7. Calculation of adhesion characteristics of metals, semiconductors and complex compounds based on dielectric formalism -- 8. Friction of surfaces of solids with no lubrication (dry friction) -- 9. Theoretical models and methods of description of adsorption of metal atoms on metallic surfaces -- 10. Ferromagnetism of ultrathin films of transition metals.