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  Contents
 
Section 1 Changing material properties
  Combined mechanical and thermal surface treatment of magnesium wrought alloy AZ31; Surface microstructural modification of biomedical grade alpha-alumina by ion implantation; Efficiency of surface cold-work hardening of titanium alloys having different phase composition; Modelling of high speed gas quenching; The effect of Ti and TiN barrier layers on the stress and adhesion of Cu thin films deposited on Si. 43.
 
Section 2 Corrosion
  Evaluation of the corrosion resistance of thermal sprayed aluminium coatings in sulfidric acid; Corrosion protection of sintered NdFeB magnets by phosphating; Correlation between localized corrosion morphology and the state of interface of coated TiN thin film; Electrochemical characterization of electroactive poly(aniline)/EPDM rubber blends obtained chemically on Ag substrates for corrosion protection; Accelerated test for the evaluation of corrosion resistance of nitrided layers; A comparative study on the corrosion protection of Nd-Fe-B magnetic alloys using polypyrrolic or poly{trans-[RuCl2(vpy)4]} coatings; An evaluation of volumetric corrosion measurement methodology.
 
Section 3 Damage, fatigue and fracture mechanics
  Damage mechanics approach for predicting material processing defects; Improvement of corrosion fatigue strength of materials by various surface treatments; Failure of WCp/Ti-6Al-4V layer prepared by laser melt injection; Optimum deformation value for fatigue strength improvement by roller working; Fatigue fracture process with fish-eye in gas-nitrided low alloy steel; Propagation of a fatigue crack through a protective layer; The effect of hot dip galvanizing on the fatigue performance of various grades of alloy spheroidal graphite cast iron; Influence of radical nitriding on fatigue strength of maraging steel; On fish-eye fracture of radical nitrided die steel.
 
Section 4 Laser surface treatment
 

Functionally graded materials with laser cladding; Fiber-delivered laser peening system to improve mechanical properties of metal surface; Influence of thermal and mechanical laser surface treatments on the pitting corrosion resistance of AISI 316L steel; Microstructure characterisation of laser melt injected WC particles in Ti-6Al-4V; Laser clad AlSiCuNi functionally graded coatings.
 
Section 5 Residual stress effect
  Surface modification affecting fatigue behaviour in polycrystalline copper- a micro probe study; Surface morphology and residual stress of electroplated and electroless copper deposits.
 
Section 6 Shot peening
  Numerical simulation of shot peening; Effect of fine particle bombarding on fatigue strength of high strength steel; Determination of the coverage of shot-peened surfaces; Analysis of residual stress distribution in shot peened AI 6082 T5 alloy subjected to fatigue loading; Toward the optimisation of the shot-peening process of the terms of fatigue resistance of the 2024-T351 and 7150-T651 aluminium alloys.
 
Section 7 Surface coating
  Microstructure of WC/C coatings deposited on steel substrates; The creation and investigation of the wear resistance multicomponent surface layer on aluminium alloy; Atmospheric pressure plasma surface treatment of ceramic filter materials; Influence of film thickness on corrosion resistance of diamond-like carbon films coated on aluminium; Effect of anodized coatings on fatigue strength in aluminium alloy; Fracture toughness of different PVD coatings.
 
Section 8 Thermal Processes
  Numerical approach to characterise superficially heat treated steels; A micromechanical model for coupled interaction of thermo-mechanical and corrosion fatigue in microelectronics thin-film metallizations; Application of elementary balance method to determine the temperature fields in the object during the burnishing rolling operation with electrocontact heating.