CONTENTS -- Preface -- Professor B.J. Briscoe -- Slippery Customers -- Sticky Problems -- 1. Interface Engineering - The Scope -- 1.1. Adhesion -- 1.2. Friction -- 1.3. Lubrication -- 1.4. Damage -- 1.5. Wear -- 2. Historical Contexts -- 3. Principles of Interpretation -- 3.1. The adhesion model of friction -- 3.2. The deformation models -- 3.3. Other processes -- 4. Tribological Interfaces -- Some Examples -- 5. Interfaces in Assemblies -- 6. Solid Processing and Production Engineering -- Frictional Walls -- 7. Final Reflection -- 8. Challenges for the Future -- 9. Personal Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Professor A.J. Kinloch -- Sticking up for Adhesives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Interfacial Contact and Intrinsic Adhesion -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Mechanisms of intrinsic adhesion -- 2.3. The bonding of fibre-composite materials -- 2.4. The use of organometallic primers -- 3. Hardening the Adhesive -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Chemical aspects -- 3.3. Multiphase adhesives -- 4. Predicting the Strength and Service Life of Adhesive Joints -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The fatigue behaviour of adhesive joints -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Professor D.B. Holt -- Magical Materials for Motionless Machines -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Half the story of materials -- 1.2. The other half of the materials story -- 2. Grain Boundary Electroluminescence in GaP -- 3. Scanning Electron Microscope Electron Beam Induced Current (EBIC) and Cathodoluminescence (CL) -- 3.1. Monte Carlo electron trajectory simulations -- 3.2. Applications of scanning electron microscopy to optoelectronic devices -- 4. Scanning Electron Microscope Characterisation of Quantum Confined Structures -- 5. Magical Materials for Motionless Machines -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Professor Alan Atkinson.

Interfaces in Materials - If You Can't Beat Them Join Them -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grain Boundaries - Historical Development -- 2.1. Early metallography -- 2.2. The twentieth century -- 3. Oxide Grain Boundaries and High Temperature Corrosion of Metals -- 4. Interfaces between Two Different Solids -- 4.1. Oxide layers on metals -- 4.2. Interfaces in composites -- 4.3. Epitaxial interfaces between semiconductors -- 5. Interfaces between Solids and Liquids -- 5.1. Processing ceramics -- 5.2. High strength cements -- 6. Future Opportunities and Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Professor Rees D. Rawlings -- Brittleness - A Tough Problem -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Deformation of Metals -- 3. Ceramic Components and Fibres -- 4. Composites -- 5. Ceramic Matrix Composites -- 6. Metal Matrix Composites and Functionally Graded Materials -- 7. Listening to Cracks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Professor Larry L. Hench -- The Story of Bioglass: From Concept to Clinic -- 1. The Beginning -- 2. The Problem -- 3. The Concept: Bioactive Bonding -- 4. Bioactive Glasses -- 5. Four Paths of Development -- 6. Bioactive Composites -- 7. Molecular Tailoring of Surface Chemistry -- 8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index.