Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Paper Surfaces Using Confocal Microscopy / Marie-Claude Beland and Patrice J. Mangin -- 2. Scanning Electron Microscopy: A Tool for the Analysis of Wood Pulp Fibers and Paper / Glynis de Silveira, Paivi Forsberg and Terrance E. Conners -- 3. Mechanical and Physical Properties of Paper Surfaces / John F. Waterhouse -- 4. The Surface Chemistry of Paper: Its Relationship to Printability and Other Paper Technologies / Frank M. Etzler and James J. Conners -- 5. Brightness Properties of Pulp and Paper / Arthur J. Ragauskas -- 6. FT-IR Spectroscopy / Michael A. Friese and Sujit Banerjee -- 7. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Wood Products / John M. Pope -- 8. Raman Spectroscopy / Umesh P. Agarwal and Rajai Atalla -- 9. Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopic Analysis / Glynis de Silveira and Terrance E. Conners -- 10. SIMS: Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry / Lisa D. Detter-Hoskin and Kenneth L. Busch -- 11. X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy / William K. Istone -- 12. Principles of Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and its Application to the Analysis of Paper / Gianluigi Botton -- 13. Surface Analysis Using Millimeter-Wave Resonant Instruments / Jon S. Martens -- 14. Atomic Force Microscopy / Shaune J. Hanley and Derek G. Gray -- 15. Using the Photon Tunneling Microscope to View Paper Surfaces / Timothy B. Arnold, Terrance E. Conners and Glenn L. Dyer.