AVS 54th International Symposium
    Tribology Thursday Sessions

Session TR3+NS-ThA
Nanotribology and Nanomechanics

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 2:00 pm, Room 617
Moderator: P.R. Norton, University of Western Ontario, Canada


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2:00pm TR3+NS-ThA1 Invited Paper
Quantitative Direct-Observation Nanomechanical Testing in the Transmission Electron Microscope
O.L. Warren, Z. Shan, S.A.S. Asif, Hysitron, Inc., E.A. Stach, Purdue University, A.M. Minor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2:40pm TR3+NS-ThA3 Invited Paper
Tribology in Full View
L.D. Marks, A. Merkle, Northwestern University
3:40pm TR3+NS-ThA6
Atomic-scale Friction on Ultra Thin Films
T. Filleter, W. Paul, R. Bennewitz, McGill University, Canada
4:00pm TR3+NS-ThA7
A Scanning Tunneling Microscope and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study of Heating and Wear at a Sliding Interface
B.D. Dawson, S.M. Lee, J. Krim, North Carolina State University
4:20pm TR3+NS-ThA8
Radial Breathing Mode Frequencies of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Determined by Nanoindentation with an AFM
J. Fraxedas, ICMAB-CIN2-CSIC, Spain, G. Rius, F. PĂ©rez-Murano, IMB-CNM-CSIC, Spain, A. Verdaguer, ICN-CIN2, Spain
4:40pm TR3+NS-ThA9
The Importance of Nanoscale Meniscus Formation During High-Speed Sliding Contacts
C.M. Mate, R.N. Payne, Q. Dai, Hitachi San Jose Research Center, K. Ono, Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan
5:00pm TR3+NS-ThA10
Effects of Interfacial Structure on Atomic-Scale Friction Examined using MD
J.A. Harrison, M.T. Knippenberg, J.D. Schall, G. Gao, P.T. Mikulski, United States Naval Academy