AVS 52nd International Symposium
    Thin Films Wednesday Sessions

Session TF-WeM
Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Thin Films

Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 8:20 am, Room 306
Moderator: B.C. Holloway, College of William and Mary


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8:20am TF-WeM1 Invited Paper
Mechanical Properties of Thin Films and Multilayers
F. Spaepen, Harvard University
9:00am TF-WeM3
Evaluation of Applied Substrate Bias on Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thin Films
J.R. Piascik, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and RTI International, J.Y. Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, C.A. Bower, RTI International, B.R. Stoner, RTI International and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:20am TF-WeM4
Ion Beam Assisted Deposition of Cubic Zirconia
X. Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I. Amirani, S. Varma, University of Nebraska Medical Center, D.W. Thompson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, F. Namavar, Universoty of Nebraska Medical Center, N.J. Ianno, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
9:40am TF-WeM5
Effects of TiO@sub x@ PVD Deposition Parameters on the Preferred Orientation and Adhesion of Pt Films on @gamma@-Al@sub 2@O@sub 3@
E. Derniaux, P. Kayser, C. Gageant, C. Sanchez, D. Boivin, ONERA France
10:00am TF-WeM6
Microstructure and Stress of Room Temperature Reactively Sputtered RuOx Thin Films
J. Shi, T.M. Klein, The University of Alabama
10:20am TF-WeM7
Synthesis of Carbon Films with Ultralow Friction in Dry and Humid Air
C.A. Freyman, Y.F. Chen, B. Zhao, Y.W. Chung, Northwestern University
10:40am TF-WeM8
Surface Modification of Si@sub 3@N@sub 4@ Probes for Adhesion and Wear Reduction
Z. Tao, B. Bhushan, The Ohio State University
11:00am TF-WeM9
Ultra-Hard Al-Si Nanocomposites Synthesized by High-rate Co-evaporation
D. Mitlin, C. Ophus, University of Alberta, Canada, V. Radmilovic, T.J. Richardson, U. Dahmen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
11:20am TF-WeM10
Hard Coatings of Tungsten Nitride Grown by Reactive Sputtering and Laser Ablation
E.C. Samano, A. Clemente, M.J. Oviedo, G. Soto, CCMC-UNAM, Mexico
11:40am TF-WeM11
Electron Spectroscopic Studies of Friction Modifier Thin Films
K.C. Wong, University of British Columbia, Canada, X. Lu, Kelsan Technologies Corp., P.C. Wong, University of British Columbia, Canada, J. Cotter, D. Eadie, Kelsan Technologies Corp., K.A.R. Mitchell, University of British Columbia, Canada