1. Preface

   • C. Mathew Mate

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - i

2. The effects of methane-debris molecules on the frictional properties of diamond

   • Martin D. Perry
   • Judith A. Harrison

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 119

3. Two-dimensionally quantized friction observed with two-dimensional frictional force microscope

   • Satoru Fujisawa
   • Eigo Kishi
   • Seizo Morita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 127

4. Friction force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum: an atomic-scale study on KBr(001)

   • R. Lüthi
   • E. Meyer
   • H. Thomas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 138

5. Development of novel lubricity additives: hydroxyalkyl ester of ortho-phenylene phosphate

   • Ichiro Minami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 146

6. Electron and photon emission accompanying the abrasion of MgO with diamond

   • Myoung-Won Kim
   • S. C. Langford
   • J. T. Dickinson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 157

7. A scanning conduction microscopic method for probing abrasion of insulating thin films

   • J. T. Dickinson
   • K. H. Siek
   • K. W. Hipps

   OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 175

8. Energetically and pressure driven phase transitions in molecularly thin films of n-alkanes

   • Ravi K. Ballamudi
   • Ioannis A. Bitsanis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 190

9. Monte carlo calculations for the mechanical relaxation of a self-assembled monolayer and for the structures of alkane/metal interfaces

   • J. Ilja Siepmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 199

10. Effect of surface contamination on the UHV tribological behavior of the Cu(111)/Cu(111) interface

    • Christopher F. McFadden
    • Andrew J. Gellman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 210

11. Electronic contributions to sliding friction

    • J. Krim
    • C. Daly
    • A. Dayo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 218

12. Surface diffusion and flow activation energies of perfluoropolyalkylether

    • Teresa M. O'Connor
    • Myung S. Jhon
    • Thomas E. Karis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 223

13. Spreading characteristics of thin liquid films of perfluoropolyalkylethers on solid surfaces. Effects of chain-end functionality and humidity

    • Byung G. Min
    • Jeong W. Choi
    • Myung S. Jhon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 232

14. Adhesion and friction properties of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films measured by atomic force microscopy

    • Scott S. Perry
    • Gabor A. Somorjai
    • Richard L. White

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 246

15. Friction and elasticity on a molecular scale

    • R. M. Overney
    • D. P. Leta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 252

16. Friction force microscopy as a probe of molecular relaxation on polymer surfaces

    • Greg Haugstad
    • Wayne L. Gladfelter
    • Richard R. Jones

    OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 264