This book documents the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Adhesion Measurement of Films and Coatings, held in Newark, NJ, October 25-27, 1999. Since the First Symposium (Boston 1992) there had been considerable activity in devising new, more reliable and more efficient ways to measure adhesion of films and coatings, which resulted in the decision to organize the Newark Symposium.

Films and coatings are used for a variety of purposes – functional, decorative, protective, etc. – in a host of applications. Irrespective of the purpose or application of a film or a coating, their adequate adhesion to the underlying substrates is of paramount importance. Concomitantly, the need to develop techniques for quantitative assessment of adhesion of films and coatings is all too obvious.

This volume contains a total of 20 papers, which have all been rigorously peer reviewed and suitably modified before inclusion. The topics include: measurement and analysis of interface adhesion; relative adhesion measurement for thin film structures; adhesion testing of hard coatings by a variety of techniques; challenges and new directions in scratch adhesion testing of coated substrates; application of scratch test to different films and coatings; evaluation of coating-substrate adhesion by indentation experiments; measurement of interfacial fracture energy in multifilm applications; laser induced decohesion spectroscopy (LIDS) for measuring adhesion; pulsed laser technique for assessment of adhesion; blade adhesion test; JKR adhesion test; coefficient of thermal expansion measurement; and residual stresses in diamond films.

This volume, providing the latest information, will be of great value and interest to anyone working in the area of adhesion measurement of films and coatings.

Shuo Tang received her BS and MS in electronics from Peking University, China, in 1992 and 1997, respectively. She received her PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2003. From 2003 to 2006, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Beckman Laser Institute at the University of California, Irvine. She began as an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 2007, where she has been an associate professor since 2013. Prof. Tang’s research interests are in the broad areas of biomedical optical imaging systems and devices, including multiphoton microscopy, optical coherence tomography, photoacoustic imaging, and micro-endoscopy systems for biomedical applications. She is the author or coauthor of over 90 journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters.

Daryoosh Saeedkia received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2005. In 2010, he founded TeTechS Inc, a leading innovator and provider of advanced terahertz measurement solutions for scientific and industrial applications worldwide. He has more than 12 years of industrial and academic experience in terahertz photonics technology, has delivered 12 invited talks, and has published more than 55 scientific articles, a book, and a book chapter in the area of terahertz technology. Dr. Saeedkia is the recipient of the 2008 Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence in Canada and the 2006 NSERC Innovation Challenge Award.