It is our pleasure to publish the proceedings of selected papers from the Science and Applications of Thin Films, Conference & Exhibition (SATF2016) in a Special Issue of Thin Solid Films. SATF2016 was held at
the Ilica Hotel Spa & Wellness Thermal Resort, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, from September 19 to 23, 2016. It was a very successful conference with over 241 abstracts submitted from33 countries, including 30 invited
talks, 61 contributed talks, and over 150 poster presentations. More information about the conference can be found at http://www. satf2016.org/
