We review the thermodynamic and structural behaviour of interfaces between two coexisting phases in 3d. In particular we look at ( i ) surface and interfacial phase transitions (including critical phenomena) and ( ii ) systems in confined geometry. These concepts are illustrated using results for the surface phase diagram of systems with orientational degrees of freedom which were obtained using a variety of theoretical methods: mean-field, cluster variational and Monte Carlo computer simulation.
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