AVS 45th International Symposium
    The Science of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Topical Conference Tuesday Sessions

Session MM+NS+SS-TuM
Micro-Science and Tribology of MEMS

Tuesday, November 3, 1998, 8:20 am, Room 324/325
Moderator: N.E. McGruer, Northeastern University


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8:20am MM+NS+SS-TuM1 Invited Paper
Making a Bridge to the Nanoworld
S.R. Manalis, S.C. Minne, J.D. Adams, K.B. Crozier, H.T. Soh, T.A. Sulchek, K. Wilder, Stanford University, G.G. Yaralioglu, A. Atalar, Bilkent University, Turkey, C.F. Quate, Stanford University
9:00am MM+NS+SS-TuM3 Invited Paper
Nanotribology of Vapor-Phase Lubricants and Their Potential Applications to MEMS@footnote 1@
J. Krim, North Carolina State University
10:20am MM+NS+SS-TuM7
Vacuum Deposited Fluorinated Alkyl Siloxane Films for Adhesion Control in MEMS Devices
T.M. Mayer, M.P. de Boer, N.D. Shinn, P.J. Clews, T.A. Michalske, Sandia National Laboratories
11:00am MM+NS+SS-TuM9
Adhesion Hysteresis of Polysilicon Beams in Controlled Humidity Ambients
M.P. de Boer, T.A. Michalske, M.R. Tabbara, Sandia National Laboratories, R. Maboudian, University of California, Berkeley, T.M. Mayer, Sandia National Laboratories