Part I. Hard and Protective Coatings; Part II. Tribological and Wear Resistant Surfaces and Coatings; Part III. Mechanical Properties of Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films; Part IV. Ion Beam, Laser and Plasma Modification of Surfaces; Part V. Surface Identification and Phase Transformations; Part VI. Synthesis and Characterization of Engineered Surfaces and Coatings; Author index; Subject index.