International
Nanotribology
Forum
In the last few years there have been three highly successful
meetings, in which mechanical engineers, physicists, chemists, and materials
scientists were brought together to discuss issues concerning tribology on the
nanoscale and the fundamentals of tribology in general:
Physical and Chemical Mechanisms in Tribology in Bar Harbor,
Maine, 1995
Nanotribology: Theory, Experiment, Applications, in Ubud, Bali , 2000
Sikkim International Nanotribology Symposium, in Pelling, Sikkim, India, 2001
NanoBali II: The Liquid-Solid Interface, in Ubud, Bali, 2003
NanoSikkim II: Friction and Biotribology, in Pelling, Sikkim, India, 2004
Following the 2001 in India, there was a strong consensus that this valuable
exchange should continue. In addition to its inherent fundamental scientific
interest, Nanotribology represents a crucial basis for nanotechnology in general,
and is currently being researched in numerous institutions, worldwide.
It was felt that a worldwide coordination of nanotribology meetings, and thus
a more efficient communication mechanism between research groups, could be highly
effective in advancing our field. To this end, the International Nanotribology
Forum (INF) was established.
The mission of the INF is to promote the dissemination of Nanotribology research
results, via meetings and other mechanisms, such as this website. While
all three meetings mentioned above were characterized by discussions of the
frontiers of research in nanotribology, and this is the spirit in which the
INF wishes to continue, a secondary aim of the INF is to make efforts to involve
participants from developing nations. This is a reason for our choice of atypical
locations for the meetings, which, thanks to their reasonable accommodation
rates, enable attendance by those who normally cannot afford to attend such
meetings. It is also envisioned that a significant number of studentships
will be available for each meeting.
The mission of the INF is to promote the dissemination of nanotribology research results, via meetings and other mechanisms. The first activity of the Forum was Nanotribology: the liquid-solid interface in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, in 2003.
INF Committee:
Dr. Yasuhisa Ando, NIAIST, Tsukuba, Japan
Prof. Colin Bain, University of Durham, UK
Prof. Sanjay Biswas, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Prof. Andrew Gellman, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Prof. Steve Granick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Prof. Roger Horn, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Dr. Stephen Hsu, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
Prof. Jacob Israelachvili, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Prof. Suzanne P. Jarvis, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Uzi Landman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Prof. Jean Michel Martin, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
Prof. Ernst Meyer, University of Basel, Switzerland
Prof. John Pethica, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Nicholas D. Spencer (Chair), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Hugh Spikes, Imperial College, London, UK
If you are interested in participating in this organization, please contact
us at
Webmaster: Nic Spencer info@nanotribology.org