AVS 51st International Symposium
    Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Wednesday Sessions

Session NS-WeA
Nanotribology and Nanomechanics

Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 2:00 pm, Room 213D
Moderator: R.W. Carpick, University of Wisconsin-Madison


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2:40pm NS-WeA3
Qcm-Stm Study of the Nanotribology of Metal-Organic Interfaces
S.M. Lee, M. Abdelmaksoud, J. Krim, North Carolina State University
3:00pm NS-WeA4
Measurement of the Mechanical Adhesion between a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and a Silicon Dioxide Substrate
J. Whittaker, Brigham Young University, E. Minot, Cornell University, D. Tanenbaum, Pomona College, P. McEuen, Cornell University, R.C. Davis, Brigham Young University
3:20pm NS-WeA5
Structural, Electronic and Frictional Properties of Gold Nanoclusters in Decane under Constrained Geometries
S.H. Kim, F. Ogletree, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, S. Hwang, Y.-S. Shon, Western Kentucky University, M. Salmeron, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
3:40pm NS-WeA6
Nanoporous Au: Surface Characterization and Mechanical Properties
J. Biener, A.M. Hodge, K.J.J. Wu, L.L. Hsiung, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
4:00pm NS-WeA7
Nanotribological Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond
D.S. Grierson, A.V. Sumant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.E. Gerbi, J.P. Birrell, J.A. Carlisle, O.H. Auciello, Argonne National Laboratory, R.W. Carpick, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:20pm NS-WeA8
Gas Phase Lubrication of MEMS
S.A. Smallwood, Universal Technology Corporation, K.C. Eapen, University of Dayton Research Institute, J.S. Zabinski, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/MLBT)
4:40pm NS-WeA9
Novel Tribological Properties of Quasicrystals in Ultra-High Vacuum
J.Y. Park, D.F. Ogletree, M. Salmeron, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, C.J. Jenks, P.A. Thiel, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University
5:00pm NS-WeA10
Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies of the Friction of Rotating vs. Rigid C60
T. Coffey, Appalachian State University, J. Krim, North Carolina State University