Book excerpt: Surface Modification Technologies XIV presents the reviewed and edited proceedings of the SMT conference held September 2000, in Paris. The proceedings describe state-of-the-art surface engineering work in thermal spray, high-performance coatings, biomaterials, PVD, CVD, testing, wear resistance, laser-assisted surface modification, corrosion, and other topics. Contents include: Thermal spraying; High performance coatings; Bio materials; Testing and analysis; PVD and CVD; Wear; Laser processing; Corrosion and fatigue; Arts and surfaces; Plasma-assisted and advanced processes; Modeling; and Poster presentations.