In keeping with the high standard set at previous conferences, these proceedings present high quality, state-of-the-art papers covering this dynamic field. Papers from symposia A, B, E and G have been published as a special issue of Surface and Coatings Technology and the remaining papers were published in Thin Solid Films.
The resulting proceedings, containing more than 90 invited papers by internationally recognized experts, should be of interest to materials scientists, physicists, electronic, chemical and mechanical engineers, and chemists.