AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Tribology Focus Topic Wednesday Sessions

Session TR+SE-WeM
Tribology and Wear of Low-Friction Coatings and Materials

Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 8:00 am, Room 19
Moderator: D.L. Burris, University of Delaware


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8:00am TR+SE-WeM1 Invited Paper
Seeing Things as They Really are: In Situ Studies of Materials in Application Environments and the Development of Temperature-Adaptive Nanocomposites
C. Muratore, Air Force Research Laboratory, J.J. Hu, J.E. Bultman, UDRI/Air Force Research Laboratory, A.A. Voevodin, Air Force Research Laboratory
8:40am TR+SE-WeM3
Tribological Surface Chemistry of Model Lubricant Additives Measured in Ultrahigh Vacuum
W.T. Tysoe, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
9:00am TR+SE-WeM4
Nanomechanical and Nanotribological Properties of ZnO Thin Films
E. Broitman, L. Martínez de Olcoz Sainz, Linköping University, Sweden, C. Bojorge, Cinso, Citedef-Conicet, Argentina, J.B. Miller, Carnegie Mellon University, H. Canepa, Cinso, Citedef-Conicet, Argentina, L. Hultman, Linköping University, Sweden
9:20am TR+SE-WeM5
Tribological and Compositional Properties of Electroless Nickel-Boron Coatings Annealed at Various Temperatures
K. Gilley, University of Florida, Y. Riddle, UCT Coatings Inc., S.S. Perry, University of Florida
10:40am TR+SE-WeM9
First Contact: SPR and SERS Studies of the Initial Transfer Behavior of PTFE
K.L. Harris, B.A. Krick, D.W. Hahn, W.G. Sawyer, University of Florida
11:00am TR+SE-WeM10
Tribological Investigations of Octadecylphosphonic Acid (ODP) and Octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) Self-Assembled Monolayers: A Comparative Study of MEMS-type Interfaces
N. Ansari, Auburn University, S. Barkley, C. Bouxsein, M. Deram, N. Eigenfeld, St. Olaf College, O. Matthews, Luther College, A. Poda, W.R. Ashurst, Auburn University, B.P. Borovsky, St. Olaf College, E. Linn-Molin, E.E. Flater, Luther College
11:20am TR+SE-WeM11
Diffusion of Gold Islands on Graphene
B. Dawson, M. Lodge, M. Ishigami, University of Central Florida
11:40am TR+SE-WeM12
Synthesis and Tribology of MoS3 Nanoparticles
J.R. Lince, The Aerospace Corporation, A.M. Pluntze, Colorado State University, S.A. Jackson, The Aerospace Corporation