Handbook of micro nano tribology Surface physics and methods for physically and chemically characterizing solid surfaces roughness characterization and static contact models using fractal analysis sliding at the interface and friction on an atomic scale scratching and wear as a result of sliding nanofabrication nanomachining as well as nano picoindentation lubricants for minimizing friction and wear surface forces and microrheology of thin liquid films measurement of nanomechanical properties of surfaces and thin films atomic scale simulations of interfacial phenomena micro nanotribology and micro nanomechanics of magnetic storage devices