AVS 50th International Symposium
    Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Tuesday Sessions

Session MM-TuM
Development and Characterization of MEMS and NEMS Materials

Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 8:20 am, Room 320
Moderator: C.A. Zorman, Case Western Reserve University


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8:20am MM-TuM1 Invited Paper
MEMS and NEMS from Chemical Vapor Deposited Nanodiamond Materials
J.E. Butler, Naval Research Laboratory
9:00am MM-TuM3
Engineering the Surface Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond for High-Performance MEMS Devices
A.V. Sumant, D.S. Grierson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, J.E. Gerbi, J.A. Carlisle, O. Auciello, Argonne National Laboratory, R.W. Carpick, University of Wisconsin, Madison
9:20am MM-TuM4
AlN-based MEMS and NEMS Resonator Devices
A.E. Wickenden, L.J. Currano, M. Dubey, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, S. Hullavarad, R.D. Vispute, University of Maryland, College Park
9:40am MM-TuM5
Anchor Optimization for Quality Factor Improvement in Microresonators
L.J. Currano, A.E. Wickenden, M. Dubey, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
10:00am MM-TuM6
Chemical Control of Mechanical Energy Dissipation in Micromechanical Silicon Resonators
Y. Wang, J.A. Henry, M.A. Hines, Cornell University
10:20am MM-TuM7
Vapor-Phase Lubricants: Nanometer-scale Lubrication Mechanisms and Uptake on Silicon
W. Neeyakorn, M.R. Varma, J. Krim, North Carolina State University
10:40am MM-TuM8
Can We Predict Friction and Wear in MEMS?
E.E. Flater, University of Wisconsin - Madison, A.D. Corwin, M.P. DeBoer, Sandia National Laboratories, C.K. Bora, M.E. Plesha, R.W. Carpick, University of Wisconsin - Madison
11:00am MM-TuM9
Nanomechanical Characterization of Digital Micromirror Devices
G. Wei, B. Bhushan, The Ohio State University, J. Jacobs, Texas Instruments, Inc.
11:20am MM-TuM10
Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride Thin Film at Cryogenic Temperatures
W. Chuang, T. Luger, University of Maryland, College Park, R. Fettig, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, R. Ghodssi, University of Maryland, College Park
11:40am MM-TuM11
Pointwise Strain Mapping a Multilayer MEMS Mirror Using Synchrotron Radiation
Y.N. Picard, S.M. Yalisove, E. Dufresne, C. Cionca, J. Guzman, R. Clarke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, D. Walko, Argonne National Laboratory, O.B. Spahn, D.P. Adams, Sandia National Laboratories