Surface Science Investigations in Tribology. Experimental Approaches

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Content: Problems and opportunities in tribology / Yip-Wah Chung, A.M. Homola, G. Bryan Street -- Surface diagnostic techniques commonly used in tribological studies / Yip-Wah Chung -- Chemical and tribological behavior of thin organic lubricant films on surfaces / Benjamin M. DeKoven and Gary E. Mitchell -- The influence of steel surface chemistry on the bonding of lubricant films / Stephen V. Didziulis, Michael R. Hilton, and Paul D. Fleischauer -- Tribological evaluation and analysis of coating materials / Kazuhisa Miyoshi -- Counterface material and ambient atmosphere : role in the tribological performance of diamond films / M.T. Dugger, D.E. Peebles, and L.E. Pope -- The role of sulfur in modifying the friction and lubricity of metal surfaces / G.A. Somorjai and M. Salmeron -- Tribology of ceramic and metallic surfaces in environments of carbonaceous gases : application of Raman and infrared spectroscopies / James L. Lauer and Brian L. Vlcek -- Highly chlorinated methanes and ethanes on ferrous surfaces : surface decomposition and extreme-pressure tribological properties / P.V. Kotvis, L. Huezo, W.S. Millman, and W.T. Tysoe -- Ultrathin perfluoropolyether films / J. Rühe, S. Kuan, G. Blackman, V. Novotny, T. Clarke, and G. Bryan Street -- The decomposition mechanism of perfluoropolyether lubricants during wear / Gerard Vurens, Raymond Zehringer, and David Saperstein -- The influence of fluorination on boundary-layer surface chemistry / Bryan Parker, Ruiming Zhang, Qing Dai, and Andrew J. Gellman -- Tribochemical reactions of stearic acid on copper surface : infrared microspectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering / Zu-Shao Hu, Stephen M. Hsu, and Pu Sen Wang -- Surface lubricity of organic films for rigid containers and ends / P.J. Palackdharry and B.A. Perkett -- Kinetics of damage generation on single-crystal silicon surfaces : the influence of lubricant adsorption / Yuheng Li, Steven Danyluk, Selda Gunsel, and Frances Lockwood.