1. The Difference of Material Wettability as Critical Factor in the Choice of a Tribological Prosthetic Coupling Without Debris Release

   • A. Borruto
   • L. Marrelli
   • F. Palma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

2. Self Adapting Mechanical Step Bearings for Variations in Load

   • R. L. Jackson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 20

3. Effects of Contact on the Abrasiveness of a Thin Boron Carbide Coating

   • M. T. Siniawski
   • S. J. Harris
   • Q. Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 30

4. Activation of SiC Surfaces for Vapor Phase Lubrication by Chemical Vapor Deposition of Fe

   • D. Kim
   • D. Sung
   • A. J. Gellman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 41

5. Adhesion and Friction Studies of a Selectively Micro/Nano-textured Surface Produced by UV Assisted Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon

   • M. Zou
   • L. Cai
   • T. Wyrobek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 52

6. Effects of Electrodouble Layer (EDL) and Surface Roughness on Lubrication Theory

   • W. L. Li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 61

7. Correlation Between Acoustic Emission Activity and Asperity Contact During Meshing of Spur Gears Under Partial Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

   • C. K. Tan
   • D. Mba

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 67

8. The Adhesion of Monomolecular Hydroxyl-terminated Perfluoropolyether Liquid Films on the Sputtered Silicon Nitride Surface as a Function of End Group Acidity and Mobility

   • R. J. Waltman
   • B. K. Yen
   • R. L. White

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 81

9. Nanowear Mapping: A Novel Atomic Force Microscopy Based Approach for Studying Nanoscale Wear at High Sliding Velocities

   • N. S. Tambe
   • B. Bhushan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 90

10. Subsurface Zone in Pure Magnesium Studied by Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy

    • J. Dryzek
    • E. Dryzek
    • R. Yu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 97

11. Pumping Effect of Sliders in Hard Disk Systems

    • B. Zhang
    • A. Nakajima

    Erratum Pages: 99 - 99