[en] Research during the current grant year has focused on: Investigation of the probing depth in electron scattering from epitaxially grown paramagnetic films by means of Spin-Polarized Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (SPEELS). Studies of the effect of alkalation on the dynamics of metastable He(23S) deexcitation at surfaces utilizing Spin-Polarized Metastable Deexcitation Spectroscopy (SPMDS)