Özyüzer, LütfiMissous, Mohamed2017-05-122017-05-1220150042-207X0042-207Xhttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2015.04.016https://hdl.handle.net/11147/5491It is our pleasure to report the publication of the proceedings of the Science and Applications of Thin Films, Conference & Exhibition (SATF 2014) which focused on various topics related to thin films and associated phenomena, and their applications. SATF 2014 was held at the Altin Yunus Resort & Thermal Hotel, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, from September 15 to 19, 2014. It was a very successful conference with over 450 abstracts submitted from 44 countries, of which 30 were invited talks, and the rest distributed between 103 contributed talks and over 250 poster presentations. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.satf2014.org/.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSATFEditorial2-s2.0-8494061145110.1016/j.vacuum.2015.04.01610.1016/j.vacuum.2015.04.016