1. Preface

   • Yip‐Wah Chung

   Legacy Pages: i - i

2. CVD diamond, DLC, and c‐BN coatings for solid film lubrication

   • Kazuhisa Miyoshi
   • Masao Murakawa
   • Richard L.C. Wu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 129

3. Conventional and ionized magnetron sputter‐deposition of nanocrystalline titanium diboride thin films

   • Mei‐Ling Wu
   • Xi‐Wei Lin
   • William D. Sproul

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 134

4. A methodology of measuring nitrogen content in thin nitrogenated carbon overcoats on magnetic thin film media

   • Ray W.J. Chia
   • Wing T. Tang
   • Jerry J.K. Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 139

5. Characterization and modification of carbon nitride films deposited by laser ablation under low energy ion‐beam bombardment

   • Zhong‐Min Ren
   • Zhi‐Feng Ying
   • Xiang‐Fu Zong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 144

6. Evidence for and role of boron carbide icosahedra in the hardness of amorphous hydrogenated boron carbide

   • Janet Braddock‐Wilking
   • Shu‐Han Lin
   • Bernard J. Feldman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 148

7. Preparation of mica surfaces for enhanced resolution and cleanliness in the surface forces apparatus

   • Peter Frantz
   • Miquel Salmeron

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 153

8. Stick–slip motion in the atomic force microscope

   • K.L. Johnson
   • J. Woodhouse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 160

9. Acoustic emission studies of thin film rigid disks and proximity recording sliders and its applications to tribology

   • Chi L. Jiaa
   • Youmin Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 171

10. In situ formation of tribologically effective oxide interfaces in SiC‐based ceramics during dry oscillating sliding

    • Rolf Wäsche
    • Dieter Klaffke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 190

11. Static energy calculations of stress‐strain behavior of self‐assembled monolayers

    • Redhouane Henda
    • Michael Grunze
    • Alexander J. Pertsin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 195

12. Study of stress‐hardening and fatigue of polymer coatings in marring with a scanning probe microscope

    • Weidian Shen
    • Huijuan Ye
    • Frank Jones

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 201

13. The decomposition mechanisms of a perfluoropolyether at the head/disk interface of hard disk drives

    • Jianjun Wei
    • Walton Fong
    • C. Singh Bhatia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 209

14. Behavior of perfluoropolyalkylethers under simulated dynamic bearing conditions

    • Hitesh K. Trivedi
    • Costandy S. Saba
    • Carl E. Snyder

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 222

15. Correlation between abrasive wear resistance and changes in structure and residual stresses of steels

    • I.I. Garbar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 229

16. Nonlinear cavitation erosion of stainless steel in mercury versus applied power

    • M.D. Kass
    • J.H. Whealton
    • T.A. Gabriel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 234

17. Micellar calcium borate as an antiwear additive

    • V. Normand
    • J.M. Martin
    • K. Inoue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 242

18. Influence of water vapour and oxygen co‐adsorption on adhesion: self‐adhesion of aluminium

    • R. Ramboarina
    • J. Lepage

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 248