Frontmatter — Contents — Preface — Mechanics of particle adhesion — The role of adhesion in the impact of elastic spheres — Surface roughness and its influence on particle adhesion using atomic force techniques — JKR-DMT transition in the presence of a liquid meniscus — Adhesion of charged particles — Adhesion and cohesion mechanisms of lunar dust on the moon’s surface — The adhesion-induced deformation and the removal of submicrometer particles — X-ray evanescent wave-induced fluorescence study of adsorption of a sulfonated polystyrene ionomer from dimethyl sulfoxide to the solution/vapor interface — Surface modification of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers by Y -radiation-induced grafting — Probing adhesion spectroscopically: rheo-photoacoustic FT-IR spectroscopy and work of adhesion — Formation of polyimide-Cu complexes: improvement of direct Cu-on-PI and Pl-on-Cu adhesion — Fracto-emission and electrical transients due to interfacial failure — Direct measurement of molecular level adhesion between poly(ethylene terephthalate) and polyethylene films: determination of surface and interfacial energies — Wetting hysteresis: effects due to shadowing — Interaction forces between hydrophobic mica surfaces — Cracks at adhesive interfaces — Relationship between adhesion and friction forces — Molecular dynamic modeling of interfacial energy