AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Tribology Focus Topic Wednesday Sessions

Session TR+SE-WeA
Advances in Surface Engineering for Friction and Wear Control

Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 2:00 pm, Room C4
Moderator: S.S. Perry, University of Florida


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2:00pm TR+SE-WeA1
The Deposition of Highly Adherent Fullerene-Like CNX Coatings on Steel Substrates of Complex Geometry
E. Broitman, Linköping University, Sweden & Carnegie Mellon University, S. Schmidt, G. Greczynski, Linköping University, Sweden, Zs. Czigany, Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Hungary, C. Schiffers, CemeCon AG, Germany, L. Hultman, Linköping University, Sweden
2:20pm TR+SE-WeA2
Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon and TiB2 Films
B. Zhao, Y.W. Chung, Northwestern University
2:40pm TR+SE-WeA3
Tribological Characteristics of a Tungsten Tip/ Au-Ni Alloy Interface, Studied by Means of Combined STM-QCM
L. Pan, J. Krim, North Carolina State University
3:00pm TR+SE-WeA4
Quantitative Measurements of Adhesion Forces in Polycrystalline Silicon Surfaces via a Doubly Clamped Beam Test Structure
I. Laboriante, B. Bush, G. Li, C. Carraro, R. Maboudian, University of California - Berkeley
4:00pm TR+SE-WeA7 Invited Paper
Nanoscale Control and Understanding of Friction at High-Speeds for Future Disk Drive Head-Disk Interfaces
C.M. Mate, Hitachi San Jose Research Center
4:40pm TR+SE-WeA9
The Effects of Humidity on the Tribological Properties of Nanocrystalline Diamond
N. Theodore, K.J. Wahl, Naval Research Laboratory
5:00pm TR+SE-WeA10
Crystallography-Dependent Self-Lubrication on Nickel Surfaces During Wear
C.C. Battaile, S.V. Prasad, J.R. Michael, P.G. Kotula, Sandia National Laboratories
5:20pm TR+SE-WeA11
NEXAFS Characterization of Vapor Deposited Monolayer and Submonolayer Films on Si and Al2O3 for MEMS Friction Control
C. Jaye, D.A. Fischer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, B.M. DeKoven, Surface and Interface Consulting, J.D. Chinn, Integrated Surface Technologies