AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition
    Tribology Focus Topic Monday Sessions

Session TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA
Molecular Origins of Friction

Monday, October 28, 2013, 2:00 pm, Room 203 C
Moderators: I. Szlufarska, University of Wisconsin-Madison, M. Müser, Saarland University, Germany


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2:00pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA1 Invited Paper
Unraveling and Eliminating Dissipation Mechanisms in Polymer Brush Interfaces
M.H. Müser, FZ Jülich, Germany
2:40pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA3
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Adhesion & Friction between Carbon-based Materials, Silicon, and Silicon Carbide
K.E. Ryan, United States Naval Academy, K. Vummaneni, J.D. Schall, Oakland University, J.A. Harrison, United States Naval Academy
3:00pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA4
Electronic Friction at the Atomic Scale: Conduction, Electrostatic and Magnetic Effects
Z. Fredricks, K.M. Stevens, J. Krim, North Carolina State University
3:40pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA6 Invited Paper
Chemical Origins of Interfacial Friction: Insights from Atomistic Simulations
I. Szlufarska, K. Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Y. Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:20pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA8
The Relationship Between Molecular Contact Thermodynamics and Surface Contact Mechanics
N. Nikogeorgos, C.A. Hunter, G.J. Leggett, University of Sheffield, UK
4:40pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA9
Friction of a Thermally Activated Ensemble of Nanocontacts
P.V. Antonov, J.W.M. Frenken, Leiden University, Netherlands
5:00pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA10
Nanoprobing of Friction and Charge Transport Properties of Vanadium Dioxide under the Metal-Insulator Transition
J.H. Kim, KAIST, Republic of Korea, D. Fu, K. Wang, J. Wu, University of California, Berkeley, J.Y. Park, KAIST, Republic of Korea
5:20pm TR+AS+NS+SS-MoA11
Non-Uniform Friction-Area Dependency for Antimony Oxide Surfaces Sliding on Graphite
M.Z. Baykara, Bilkent University, Turkey, C. Ritter, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany, B. Stegemann, HTW Berlin – University of Applied Sciences, Germany, M. Heyde, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany, K. Rademann, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany, J. Schroers, U.D. Schwarz, Yale University