AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Tribology Focus Topic Thursday Sessions

Session TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA
Molecular Origins of Friction

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 2:20 pm, Room 230B
Moderator: Nicolas Argibay, Sandia National Laboratories


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2:20pm TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA1 Invited Paper
Atomic-Scale Mechanisms of Single Asperity Sliding
Ashlie Martini, X. Hu, University of California Merced, M.V.P. Altoe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
3:00pm TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA3
Investigation of Epitaxy and Friction in Model Boundary Films
Hongyu Gao, University of California Merced, W.T. Tysoe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, A. Martini, University of California Merced
3:20pm TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA4
Temperature Dependence of Atomic-scale Friction on Two-dimensional Materials
Zhijiang Ye, University of California Merced, X.Z. Liu, K. Hasz, R.W. Carpick, University of Pennsylvania, A. Martini, University of California Merced
4:20pm TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA7 Invited Paper
Single Molecule Experiments to Explore Friction and Adhesion
Rémy Pawlak, S. Kawai, A. Baratoff, T. Meier, University of Basel, Switzerland, W. Ouyang, Tsinghua University, China, T. Glatzel, University of Basel, Switzerland, E. Gnecco, IMDEA-Nanociencia - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, A. Filippov, Donetsk Institute of Physics and Engineering, Ukraine, M. Urbakh, Tel Aviv University, Israel, E. Meyer, University of Basel, Switzerland
5:00pm TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA9
Effects of Humidity on the Adhesion and Friction of Carbon-Based Materials
Judith Harrison, M. Fallet, K.E. Ryan, United States Naval Academy, T. Knippenberg, High Point University, S.H. Kim, A. Al-Azizi, Pennsylvania State University
5:20pm TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA10
Single Asperity Tribochemical Wear of Silicon AFM Tips Sliding on Aluminum Oxide
Erin Flater, S. Sorenson, Luther College, N. Ansari, A. Poda, W.R. Ashurst, Auburn University, B.P. Borovsky, St. Olaf College
5:40pm TR+AS+NS+SS-ThA11
Molecular Simulation of Indentation as a Probe of Scanning Probe Tip Mechanical Properties
J. David Schall, K. Vummaneni, Oakland University, J.A. Harrison, United States Naval Academy