International Conference on Nanotribology:
Theory, Experiment, Applications
11th-14th April 2000
Ubud, Bali


Programme


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Tuesday 11th April


09:15	Welcome address: Dr. Suzi Jarvis

09:30	Force-Free Measurements of Friction:  Dielectric, X-ray Scattering, and Optical 
Studies of Molecular Tribology
Steve Granick

10:15	AFM manipulation investigations of carbon nanotubes on HOPG: Friction of sliding, 
in-plane rotation, and rolling
M. R. Falvo, J. Steele, A. Buldum, J. D. Schall, R. M. Taylor II, 
J.P. Lu, D. W. Brenner, R. Superfine


11:00	COFFEE BREAK

11:20	Mechanisms of nano particles detachment by stick-slip within a macrotribocontact
Marcel Brendle, P. Diss, P. Stempflé

11:45	What does a Cricket tell us about Tribology?
M. Scherge and S. N. Gorb

12:10	Aspects of molecular structure and dynamics on polymer surfaces near Tg .
M. Heuberger, G. Luengo, J. Israelachvili

12:35	Comparison between modulated lateral force microscopy (MLFM) and magnetic force 
modulation microscopy (MFMM) for elastic property characterization of surfaces: 
advantages, drawbacks and limits.
O. Pietrement, J.L. Beaudoin and M. Troyon


13:00	LUNCH BREAK


14:00	Recent progress of microtribology in Japan
Riezo Kaneko

14:45	Issues in Nanomechanics of Single Asperity Contacts
W.N. Unertl


15:30	TEA BREAK


16:00	Theoretical Simulations of Force Microscopy Based on First Principles DF theory 
in Nanotribology - Application to Si-Ag Surface
Naruo Sasaki and Masaru Tsukada

16:25	Interfacial friction of helium films physisorbed on two dimensional 
mesoporous Hectorite
M. Hieda, T. Nishino and M. Suzuki



Wednesday 12th April


08:45	Tribology tests using AFM cantilevers processed by focused ion beam
Yasuhisa Ando, Tatsuya Nagashima, Kazuo Kakuta

09:30	"Millipede" ­ An AFM data storage system at the frontier of Nanotribology
U. Duerig, G. K. Binnig, G. Cross, M. Despont, U. Drechsler, W. Haeberle, W. King, 
M. Lutwyche, H. Rothuizen, R. Stutz, P. Vettiger and R. Widmer.

10:15	Chemical force microscopy by friction force microscopy
M. Fujihira, Y. Tani, M. Furugori, A. Nakasa, Y. Okabe and K. Yagi


11:00	COFFEE BREAK


11:20	Numerical and Theoretical Study of friction between atomically clean surfaces 
and the effects of impurities
H. Matsukawa and T. Kawaguchi

11:45	Noncontact Dissipation Force Microscopy
Michel Gauthier and Masaru Tsukada

12:10	Simulations of Friction Anisotropy in Tilted Ordered Organic Monolayers
T. Ohzono and F. Fujihira

12:35	Applications of the Nano-Scratch technique for characterisation of 
ultra-thin films
N. X. Randall and R. Consiglio


13:00	LUNCH BREAK AND FREE AFTERNOON



Thursday 13th April


08:45	Relation between Structure of Boundary Layers and their Microtribological 
Properties
Shigeyuki Mori, Takashi Igari and Hidetaka Nanao

09:30	Nanolubrication: principle and practice 
Stephen M. Hsu

10:15	Chemical interaction at the Lubricant/Solid interface
Masahiro Yanagisawa


11:00	COFFEE BREAK


11:20	Deducing Energy Dissipation From Rheological Response.
M. Urbakh, M. Porto, V. Zaloj, and J. Klafter

11:45	Friction Dynamics of Mesoscopic Single Asperities
W.P.Vellinga and C.P.Hendriks

12:10	Molecular tribology of highly ordered monolayers
D. Gourdon

12:35	A general equation for indentation and normal contact stiffness versus normal 
load: application to the estimation of elastic modulus by 
Magnetic Force Modulation Microscopy (MFMM).
O. Pietrement, J.L. Beaudoin and M. Troyon


13:00	LUNCH BREAK


14:00	Mechanism of two-dimensional atomic scale friction
Satoru Fujisawa

14:45	Generation of surface defects during sliding and their contribution 
to energy dissipation in friction and wear
Miquel Salmeron


15:30	TEA BREAK


16:00	Mechanisms of nano particles detachment by stick-slip within a 
macrotribocontact
Marcel Brendle, P. Diss, P. Stempflé

16:25	Real-time observation of twin boundary motion in crystals: ideal 
dry friction system
Kazushige Kawabata and Takashi Sambongi


18:00	CONFERENCE BANQUET



Friday 14th April


09:30	Simulations of nanometer scale tribology
Uzi Landman

10:15	Nanotribology experiments in ultrahigh vacuum
E. Meyer, R. Bennewitz, E. Gnecco, T. Gyalog, M. Bammerlin, Ch. Loppacher, 
V. Barwich, M. Guggisberg and H.-J. Guentherodt. 


11:00	COFFEE BREAK


11:20	Atomic Scale Friction: From Basic Characteristics to Control.
J. Klafter, M .G. Rozman, V. Zaloj and M. Urbakh

11:45	Lateral vibration of the tip at a Sub-atomic level in contact mode 
atomic force microscopy -possibility of imaging lateral damping and 
crystal orientations 
Hideki Kawakatsu, Yasuo Hoshi and T. Kawagishi

12:10	New levers for the activation and measurement of lateral forces using 
atomic force microscopy
S. P. Jarvis, H. Yamada, K. Kobayashi, A. Toda and H. Tokumoto

12:35	FTIR spectroscopy and nanotribological comparative studies: 
Influence of the adsorbed water layers on the tribological behaviour
T. Bouhacina, J P Aime and B Desbat


13:00	Closing remarks: Prof. Nic Spencer


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