AVS 45th International Symposium
    Thin Films Division Monday Sessions

Session TF-MoA
Mechanical Properties of Thin Films

Monday, November 2, 1998, 2:00 pm, Room 310
Moderator: F.K. Urban, Florida International University


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2:00pm TF-MoA1
Computer Simulation Modeling of Sculptured Thin Films
V.C. Venugopal, R. Messier, Pennsylvania State University
2:20pm TF-MoA2
Characterization of TiN/CN@sub x@ Multilayers Deposited by DC Magnetron Sputtering
M.M. Lacerda, Y.H. Chen, Northwestern University, W.C. Chan, University of Hong Kong, China, B. Zhou, Y.W. Chung, Northwestern University
2:40pm TF-MoA3
Characterization of Stress-Morphology Relationships in Sculptured Thin Films (STFs)
R.A. Knepper, D.E. Fahnline, R. Messier, Pennsylvania State University
3:00pm TF-MoA4 Invited Paper
Mechanical Properties Measurements using Scanning Force Microscopy
W.N. Unertl, University of Maine
3:40pm TF-MoA6
Meso-Scale Contact Hardness, Friction, and Wear of Aluminum Oxynitride Films
S.D. Dvorak, G.P. Bernhardt, O.D. Greenwood, R.J. Lad, University of Maine
4:00pm TF-MoA7
Nanotribology of Single Crystal ZnO Surfaces: Relation of Atomic Level Friction to Macro Tribology of Thin Films
J.J. Nainaparampil, J.S. Zabinski, S.V. Prasad, Air Force Research Laboratory
4:20pm TF-MoA8
Surface Stress in Silicon Oxide Layer made by Plasma Oxidation with Applying Sample Bias
A.N. Itakura, National Research Institute for Metals, Japan, T. Kurashina, T. Narushima, University of Tsukuba, Japan, M. Kitajima, National Research Institute for Metals, Japan
4:40pm TF-MoA9
Stress Alignment in SiO@sub 2@ Thin Films Deposited on Thin Chromium and Aluminum Film
K.E. Coulter, V. Raksha, Flex Products, Inc.
5:00pm TF-MoA10
Investigation of Induced Recrystallization and Stress in Close-Spaced Sublimation CdTe Thin Films
H.R. Moutinho, R.G. Dhere, M.M. Al-Jassim, P. Sheldon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, B.T. Mayo, Southern University, L.L. Kazmerski, National Renewable Energy Laboratory