STM images (files Fig 3 and Fig 4) contain a header and the numeric value of the matrix representing the image and are produced by the Createc software of the STM. All spectra files are the original nexus data files from the electron energy analyser Figure 5: XPS/high_coverage_C1s/ & XPS/high_coverage_O1s/ & XPS/low_coverage_C1s/ & XPS/low_coverage_O1s/ Figure 6: NEXAFS/upstanding_90_001/ & NEXAFS/upstanding_30_001/ & NEXAFS/upstanding_90_110/ & NEXAFS/upstanding_30_110/ & NEXAFS/flat_90_001/ & NEXAFS/flat_90_110/ & NEXAFS/flat_30_001/ & NEXAFS/flat_40_110/ & NEXAFS/crystal_spectra/ Figure 7: PhD/upstanding/ Figure 8: PhD/upstanding/ Figure 9: PhD/upstanding/ & PhD/flat_3x2_110_20deg/ & PhD/flat_3x2_001_20deg Figure 11: PhD/flat_3x2_110_20deg/ & PhD/flat_3x2_001_20deg & PhD/flat_3x2_110_40deg/ & PhD/flat_3x2_001_40deg