chapter 1 Temperature and Stress Fields Due to Contact with Friction, Surface Heat Treatment, Welding, and Cutting / chapter 2 Stresses in Thin Films / chapter 3 Metallic Tribo-oxides: Formation and Wear Behavior / chapter 4 Review on Lubricious Oxides and Their Practical Importance / chapter 5 Plastics / chapter 6 Tribochemistry / chapter 7 Tribopolymerization as a Mechanism of Boundary Lubrication / chapter 8 Hydrolysis / chapter 9 Oil Surface: Additive Reaction Mechanisms / chapter 10 Surface Chemistry of Extreme-Pressure Lubricant Additives / chapter 11 Tribochemistry of Boundary Lubrication Processes / chapter 12 Electrochemistry, Corrosion, and Corrosion-Wear / chapter 13 Corrosion and Its Impact on Wear Processes / chapter 14 Heat Treatment: Tribological Applications / chapter 15 Plasma-Based Surface Modification / chapter 16 Surface Engineering with Lasers / chapter 17 Nanometer-Scale Surface Modification Using Scanning Force Microscopy in Chemically Active Environments -- chapter 18 Designing for Wear Life and Frictional Performance / chapter 19 Simulation Methods for Interfacial Friction in Solids