AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Tribology Focus Topic Wednesday Sessions

Session TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA
Nanotribology and Nanomechanics

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 1:40 pm, Room 205
Moderator: S.J. Bull, Newcastle University, UK


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1:40pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA1 Invited Paper
Frictional and Transverse Shear Forces as Probes of Disorder and Anisotropy in Organic Semiconductors
G. Haugstad, V. Kalahari, C.D. Frisbie, University of Minnesota
2:20pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA3
Load Dependence of Interfacial Friction Analyzed by Nanoparticle Manipulation
D. Dietzel, University of Muenster and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany, A. Schirmeisen, University of Muenster, Germany
2:40pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA4
Atomistic Simulations of Tribology at Sliding Surfaces
P. Barry, P. Chiu, T. Liang, S.S. Perry, W.G. Sawyer, S.R. Phillpot, S.B. Sinnott, University of Florida
3:00pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA5
Local Thermomechanical Characterization of Phase Transitions in Polymers using Band Excitation Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy with Heated Probe
M.P. Nikiforov, S. Jesse, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, L. Germinario, Eastman Kodak, S.V. Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:00pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA8
Effects of Structure, Doping, & Environment on the Tribochemistry of DLC
J.A. Harrison, J.D. Schall, G. Gao, M.T. Knippenberg, P.T. Mikulski, United States Naval Academy
4:20pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA9
Low-Wear Variable-Slope Method of Lateral Force Calibration
S. Chakraborty, D. Eggiman, C. DeGraf, K. Stevens, D.-L. Liu, N.A. Burnham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
4:40pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA10
The Effect of Tip Size on Frictional Forces in Self-Assembled Monolayers
M.T. Knippenberg, United States Naval Academy
5:00pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA11
Microscale Tribology of Nanostructured Coatings
K.J. Wahl, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, E. So, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and PSU, M.C. Demirel, Pennsylvania State University
5:20pm TR+NS+EM+NC-WeA12
Characterization of the Al/Si Interfaces under Dry Wear Conditions
J.F. Su, X. Nie, V. Stoilov, University of Windsor, Canada