1. Progress in the pursuit of the fundamentals of tribology

   • Scott S. Perry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 4

2. Simulations of the kinetic friction due to adsorbed surface layers

   • Gang He
   • Mark O. Robbins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 14

3. Dry friction between flat surfaces: multistable elasticity vs. material transfer and plastic deformation

   • M.H. Müser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 22

4. A molecular dynamics study of scale effects on the friction of single-asperity contacts

   • L.C. Zhang
   • K.L. Johnson
   • W.C.D. Cheong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

5. Periodicities in the properties associated with the friction of model self-assembled monolayers

   • Paul T. Mikulski
   • Judith A. Harrison

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 35

6. The current status of tribological surface science

   • Andrew J. Gellman
   • Jeff S. Ko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 44

7. A molecular beam study of the tribological chemistry of dialkyl disulfides

   • M. Kaltchev
   • P.V. Kotvis
   • W.T. Tysoe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 50

8. Atomic friction studies on well-defined surfaces

   • R. Bennewitz
   • E. Gnecco
   • E. Meyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 56

9. On the current status of quartz crystal microbalance studies of superconductivity-dependent sliding friction

   • B.L. Mason
   • S.M. Winder
   • J. Krim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 65

10. Generation of defects in model lubricant monolayers and their contribution to energy dissipation in friction

    • Miquel Salmeron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 79

11. The relationships between interfacial friction and the conformational order of organic thin films

    • Scott S. Perry
    • Seunghwan Lee
    • T. Randall Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 87

12. Shear-induced mechanochromism in polydiacetylene monolayers

    • A.R. Burns
    • R.W. Carpick
    • R. Haddad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 96

13. Tribological properties of self-assembled monolayers on Au, SiOx and Si surfaces

    • Hyun. I. Kim
    • V. Boiadjiev
    • J.D. Kiely

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 101

14. The influence of coating structure on micromachine stiction

    • J.G. Kushmerick
    • M.G. Hankins
    • B.C. Bunker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 108

15. Influence of polymer surface chemistry on frictional properties under protein-lubrication conditions: implications for hip-implant design

    • Martin R. Widmer
    • Manfred Heuberger
    • Nicholas D. Spencer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 116

16. In situ studies of the lubricant chemistry and frictional properties of perfluoropolyalkyl ethers at a sliding contact

    • Cheng U. Amanda Cheong
    • Peter C. Stair

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 126

17. Nanocomposite polymer layers for molecular tribology

    • Vladimir V. Tsukruk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 132