Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Nanomechanics, Tribology and Nanostructures: 1. Comprehensive mechanical and tribological characterization of ultra-thin-films Norm Gitis, Michael Vinogradov, Ilja Hermann and Suresh Kuiry; 2. Mechanical response of a single and released InP membrane Eric Le Bourhuis and Gilles Patriarche; 3. Indentation response of nanostructured turfs A. A. Zbib, S. Dj. Mesarovic, D. F. Bahr, E. T. Lilleodden, J. Jiao and D. McClain; 4. Effect of hydrostatic pressure on indentation modulus W. M. Mook and W. W. Gerberich; Part II. Size Effects and Indentation of Thin Films: 5. Microstructural investigation of the deformation zone below nano-indents in copper Martin Rester, Christian Motz and Reinhard Pippan; 6. Microstructure and mechanical properties characterization of nanocrystalline copper films Nursiani Indah Tjahyono and Yu Lung Chiu; 7. Mechanical properties of 3C-SiC films for MEMS applications Jayadeep Deva Reddy, Alex A. Volinsky, Christopher L. Frewin, Chris Locke and Stephen E. Sandow; 8. Strength measurement in brittle thin films Oscar Borrero-Lopez, Mark Hoffman, Avi Bendavid and Phil J. Martin; Part III. Nanotribology and Friction: 9. Measurement of ultrathin film mechanical properties by integrated nano-scratch/indentation approach Ashraf Bastawros, Wei Che and Abhijit Chandra; 10. Theory of lubrication due to poly-electrolyte polymer brushes Jeffrey B. Sokoloff; 11. Tip-induced calcite single crystal nanowear Ramakrishna Gunda and Alex A. Volinsky; 12. Study on the damage mechanisms in WC-Co hard metals during scratch testing Siphilisiwe Mdlovu, Karsten Durst, Heinz Werner Hoeppel and Mathias Goeken; Part IV. Modeling, Simulation and Analysis of Indentation Data: 13. Mapping of the initial volume at the onset of plasticity in nanoindentation T. T. Zhu, K. M. Y. P'ng, M. Hopkinson, A. J. Bushby and D. J. Dunstan; 14. Quasi-static and oscillatory indentation in linear viscoelastic solids Yang-Tse Cheng and Che-Min Cheng; 15. Indentation of nonlinearly viscoelastic solids Michaelle L. Oyen; 16. Determination of residual stress and yield stress simultaneously by indentation method with dual indenters Baoxing Xu, Xinmei Wang and Zhufeng Yue; 17. Instrumented indentation contact with sharp probes of varying acuity Dylan J. Morris; 18. An algorithm to determine the plastic properties of materials based on the loading data in single sharp indentation Akio Yonezu, Hiroyuki Hirakata and Kohji Minoshima; 19. Plasticity characteristics obtained through instrumental indentation Yuliy Milman, Sergey Dub and Alex Golubenko; 20. Nanoindentation analysis of plasticity evolution during spherical microindentation of bulk metallic glass Byung-Gil Yoo and Jae-il Jang; 21. Reverse plasticity in nanindentation Yongjiang Huang, Nursiani Indah Tjahyono, Jun Shen and Yu Lung Chiu; 22. Uniaxial compression behavior of bulk nano-twinned gold from moecular dynamics simulation Chuang Deng and Frederic Sansoz; Part V. Nonomechanics of Polymers, Time Dependent Characterization: 23. Interfacial characterization of multiple layer coatings on thermoplastic olefins (TPO) Aaron M. Forster, Chris A. Michaels, Justin Lucas and Lipiin Sung; 24. Viscoelastic behavior of a centrally loaded circular film being clamped at the circumference Michaelle L. Oyen, Kuo-kang Liu and Kai-tak Wan; 25. Analysis of indentation creep D. S. Stone and A. A. Elmustafa; 26. Haasen plot activation analysis of constant-force indentation creep in FCC systems Vineet Bhakhri and Robert J. Klassen; 27. Mechanical properties of sputtered silicon oxynitride films by nanoindentation Yan Liu, I-Kuan Lin and Xin Zhang; Author index; Subject index.