AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Tribology Focus Topic Thursday Sessions

Session TR+AS+SS-ThM
Atomic-scale Characterization of Tribological Interfaces

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 8:00 am, Room 111
Moderator: Scott Perry, University of Florida


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8:00am TR+AS+SS-ThM1
Electrochemical Control of Atomic Friction
Florian Hausen, INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany, A. Labuda, McGill University, Canada, N.N. Gosvami, R. Bennewitz, INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany
8:20am TR+AS+SS-ThM2
Surface Alterations Effects on Ice Adhesion Strength
Carol Ellis-Terrell, M. Miller, Southwest Research Institute, M. Zou, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, R. Wei, Southwest Research Institute, S. Beckford, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, G. Hatton, Shell Global Solutions, Inc.
8:40am TR+AS+SS-ThM3
Atomistic Simulations of Nanoindentation and Nanoscratching of SiO2/Si and HfO2/Si Systems using COMB Potentials
Tzu-Ray Shan, X. Sun, S.R. Phillpot, S.B. Sinnott, University of Florida
9:00am TR+AS+SS-ThM4 Invited Paper
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoscale Friction
W.K. Kim, University of Minnesota, Michael Falk, Johns Hopkins University
9:40am TR+AS+SS-ThM6
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Contact between Carbon-Based Materials: Isolating the Effects of Experimental Variables
Judith Harrison, K.E. Ryan, P.L. Keating, US Naval Academy, D.S. Grierson, J. Liu, K.T. Turner, University of Wisconsin Madison, R.W. Carpick, University of Pennsylvania
10:40am TR+AS+SS-ThM9
Modeling the Pressure Dependence of Shear Strength in Sliding, Boundary-Layer Friction
Michael Garvey, M. Weinert, W.T. Tysoe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
11:00am TR+AS+SS-ThM10
Lubrication Mechanisms of MoS2 Fullerene-Like Nanoparticles: Coupling Computer and Experimental Works
Eric Bucholz, University of Florida, I. Lahouij, F. Dassenoy, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, S.B. Sinnott, University of Florida, J.M. Martin, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
11:20am TR+AS+SS-ThM11
Shape-Independent Lateral Force Calibration
E.V. Anderson, Nancy Burnham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11:40am TR+AS+SS-ThM12
Atomic Stick-Slip Friction Studied by Optimally-Matched Accelerated MD Simulations and AFM Experiments
Yalin Dong, Purdue University, Q. Li, R.W. Carpick, University of Pennsylvania, A. Martini, Purdue University