AVS 54th International Symposium
    Tribology Wednesday Sessions

Session TR1+MN-WeA
Surfaces and Interfaces in MEMS

Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 1:40 pm, Room 617
Moderator: J.A. Harrison, United States Naval Academy


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1:40pm TR1+MN-WeA1
Glassy-like Behavior of GaAs Nanomechanical Oscillators at Millikelvin Temperatures
S.B. Shim, S.W. Cho, Seoul National University, Korea, N. Kim, J. Kim, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Y.D. Park, Seoul National University, Korea
2:00pm TR1+MN-WeA2 Invited Paper
MEMS Tribology in Extreme Environments
J. Krim, North Carolina State Univ., M. Aggleton, Univ. of California at Irvine, C.J. Brown, North Carolina State Univ., J.C. Burton, Univ. of California at Irvine, D.A. Hook, North Carolina State Univ., J. Wenner, Univ. of California at Irvine, M.T. Dugger, Sandia National Labs, A. Morris, WiSpry, Inc., J.E. Rutledge, P. Taborek, Univ. of California at Irvine
2:40pm TR1+MN-WeA4
Performance of RF MEMS Switch Contacts at Cryogenic Temperatures
C.J. Brown, J. Krim, North Carolina State University, A.S. Morris III, wiSpry, Inc.
3:00pm TR1+MN-WeA5
Macro-, Micro-, and Nano-scale Lubrication using Alcohol Vapor: Implications to MEMS.
D.B. Asay, Pennsylvania State University, M.T. Dugger, Sandia National Laboratories, S.H. Kim, Pennsylvania State University
4:00pm TR1+MN-WeA8 Invited Paper
MEMS Reliability in Harsh Environments
R. Maboudian, C. Carraro, University of California at Berkeley
4:40pm TR1+MN-WeA10
Water Vapor Effects on the Lubrication of Silicon MEMS by Alcohol Vapor
M.T. Dugger, Sandia National Laboratories, D.B. Asay, Pennsylvania State University, J.A. Ohlhausen, Sandia National Laboratories, S.H. Kim, Pennsylvania State University
5:00pm TR1+MN-WeA11
Monolayer Degradation and Sidewall Tribometer Studies of Vapor Phase Lubricants for MEMS
D.A. Hook, Sandia National Laboratiories, North Carolina State University, S.J. Timpe, Sandia National Laboratiories, University of California Berkeley, M.T. Dugger, Sandia National Laboratories, J. Krim, North Carolina State University