Joint ICTP/FANAS Conference on Trends in Nanotribology

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Joint ICTP/FANAS Conference on Trends in Nanotribology | (smr 2063)

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Monday, 19 October 2009

08:30 - 09:20 Registration and Administrative Formalities outside Main Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building
- 08:30 Registration and Administrative Formalities outside Main Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building 50'
09:20 - 09:40 Opening Ceremony
- 09:20 Opening Ceremony 20'

09:40 - 10:20 Friction and thermolubrication: thermal fluctuations and 'universal' behavior

09:40 Friction and thermolubrication: thermal fluctuations and 'universal' behavior 40'

Speaker:	Joost Frenken (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
Material:	lecture notes

10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break
- 10:20 Coffee Break 30'

10:50 - 11:30 Instabilities and solid friction: From linear response to Coulomb friction

10:50 Instabilities and solid friction: From linear response to Coulomb friction 40'

Speaker:	Martin Mueser (Universitaet Saarbrucken, Germany)
Material:	lecture notes

11:30 - 11:50 The relation between sliding velocity and shear stress in polymer friction
- 11:30 The relation between sliding velocity and shear stress in polymer friction 20'
  
  Speaker: Ion Marius Sivebaek (Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark)
11:50 - 12:30 Nanotribology, nanomechanics and materials characterization studies and applications to bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics
- 11:50 Nanotribology, nanomechanics and materials characterization studies and applications to bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics 40'
  
  Speaker: Bharat Bhushan (Ohio State University, Colombus, USA)
12:30 - 14:20 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h50'

14:20 - 15:00 To slide or not to slide: Frictional duality of nanoparticles

14:20 To slide or not to slide: Frictional duality of nanoparticles 40'

Speaker:	Andre Schirmeisen (Westfallische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Munster, Germany)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 15:20 Wear and friction of Au/Ni multilayers on the microscale
- 15:00 Wear and friction of Au/Ni multilayers on the microscale 20'
  
  Speaker: Martin Dienwiebel (Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg, Germany)

15:20 - 16:00 Broken chiral symmetry in sliding carbon nanotubes

15:20 Broken chiral symmetry in sliding carbon nanotubes 40'

Speaker:	Xiaohua Zhang (Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Suzhou, China)
Material:	lecture notes

16:00 - 16:20 Ultrasonic nanolithography on hard substrates

16:00 Ultrasonic nanolithography on hard substrates 20'

Speaker:	Teresa Cuberes (University of Castilla La Mancha, Almaden, Spain)
Material:	lecture notes

16:20 - 16:50 Coffee Break
- 16:20 Coffee Break 30'

16:50 - 17:30 Why is graphite so slippery? Gathering clues from three-dimensional lateral forces measurements

16:50 Why is graphite so slippery? Gathering clues from three-dimensional lateral forces measurements 40'

Speaker:	Udo Schwarz (Yale University, New Haven, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

17:30 - 18:10 Surface physics and friction
- 17:30 Surface physics and friction 40'
  
  Speaker: Virginio Bortolani (Universita' degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy)
18:10 - 18:30 Specs Zurich - company presentation
- 18:10 Specs Zurich - company presentation 20'
  
  Speaker: Anisoara Socoliuc Toquant (SPECS-Zurich GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland)
18:30 - 18:50 Materials science at the cutting edge
- 18:30 Materials science at the cutting edge 20'
  
  Speaker: Fabio Pulizzi (Nature Materials, London, UK)
19:00 - 21:00 Reception - Buffet Dinner

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
- 19:00 Reception - Buffet Dinner 2h0'

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

09:00 - 09:40 Sliding friction of Neon monolayers on metallic surfaces

09:00 Sliding friction of Neon monolayers on metallic surfaces 40'

Speaker:	Giampaolo Mistura (Universita' degli Studi di Padova, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

09:40 - 10:20 Near-field radiative heat transfer and non-contact friction

09:40 Near-field radiative heat transfer and non-contact friction 40'

Speaker:	Alexander Volokitin (Samara State Technical University, Samara, Russia)
Material:	lecture notes

10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break
- 10:20 Coffee Break 30'

10:50 - 11:30 Hydration lubrication: exploring a new paradigm

10:50 Hydration lubrication: exploring a new paradigm 40'

Speaker:	Jacob Klein (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
Material:	lecture notes

11:30 - 11:50 A stochastic Prandtl-Tomlinson model to describe friction in MEMS (Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems)
- 11:30 A stochastic Prandtl-Tomlinson model to describe friction in MEMS (Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems) 20'
  
  Speaker: Merlijn van Spengen (Leiden University, The Netherlands)

11:50 - 12:30 Understanding dissipation processes in dynamic atomic force microscopy

11:50 Understanding dissipation processes in dynamic atomic force microscopy 40'

Speaker:	Ruben Perez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
Material:	lecture notes

12:30 - 14:20 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h50'
14:20 - 15:00 Lubrication at nanoscales: surface effects
- 14:20 Lubrication at nanoscales: surface effects 40'
  
  Speaker: Lyderic Bocquet (Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France)

15:00 - 15:20 Controlling single cluster dynamics at the nanoscale

15:00 Controlling single cluster dynamics at the nanoscale 20'

Speaker:	Guido Paolicelli (CNR-INFM Modena, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

15:20 - 16:00 Modeling friction: from the nano- to macro-scales
- 15:20 Modeling friction: from the nano- to macro-scales 40'
  
  Speaker: Michael Urbakh (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

16:00 - 16:20 Exactly quantized sliding of a confined solid lubricant under shear

16:00 Exactly quantized sliding of a confined solid lubricant under shear 20'

Speaker:	Rosario Capozza (CNR INFM Modena, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

16:20 - 16:40 Pure adhesion in friction

16:20 Pure adhesion in friction 20'

Speaker:	Rainer Heise (Institut fur Mechanik, Berlin, Germany)
Material:	lecture notes

17:00 - 19:30 Poster Session - Wine and Refreshments
- 17:00 Poster Session - Wine and Refreshments 2h30'

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

09:00 - 09:40 Temporal effects in dry friction

09:00 Temporal effects in dry friction 40'

Speaker:	Eduardo Jagla (Centro Atomico Bariloche, Argentina)
Material:	lecture notes

09:40 - 10:00 Influence of sliding speed and surface properties on adhesion and friction forces

09:40 Influence of sliding speed and surface properties on adhesion and friction forces 20'

Speaker:	Pierre-Emmanuel Mazeran (Laboratoire Roberval UMR CNRS, Compiegne, France)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:20 Friction Force Microscopy studies of antigen-antibody interaction
- 10:00 Friction Force Microscopy studies of antigen-antibody interaction 20'
  
  Speaker: Andrzej Kulik (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break
- 10:20 Coffee Break 30'

10:50 - 11:30 Friction on a mesoscale

10:50 Friction on a mesoscale 40'

Speaker:	Oleg Braun (Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine)
Material:	lecture notes

11:30 - 11:50 Atomic-scale friction on a stepped surface of NaCl(001)
- 11:30 Atomic-scale friction on a stepped surface of NaCl(001) 20'
  
  Speaker: Marek Szymonski (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)
11:50 - 12:10 Formations of KBr chain studied by small amplitude dynamic force microscopy
- 11:50 Formations of KBr chain studied by small amplitude dynamic force microscopy 20'
  
  Speaker: Shigeki Kawai (University of Basel, Switzerland)

12:10 - 12:30 Mechanical rejuvenation and ageing of glassy polymers: effect of plastic deformation

12:10 Mechanical rejuvenation and ageing of glassy polymers: effect of plastic deformation 20'

Speaker:	Alexey Lyulin (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Material:	lecture notes

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
14:00 - 16:00 FANAS PROJECT MEETINGS
- 14:00 FANAS PROJECT MEETINGS 2h0'
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
- 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
16:30 - 19:00 FANAS SCIENCE COMMITTEE (Aigars Ekers)
- 16:30 FANAS SCIENCE COMMITTEE (Aigars Ekers) 2h30'
20:00 - 23:00 Conference Dinner (at restaurant in town: Osteria "De Scarpon", Via Ginnastica 20, Trieste) - transportation will be provided after dinner from Piazza Oberdan back to ICTP (map) http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-scarpon/3-trieste
- 20:00 Conference Dinner (at restaurant in town: Osteria "De Scarpon", Via Ginnastica 20, Trieste) - transportation will be provided after dinner from Piazza Oberdan back to ICTP (map) http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-scarpon/3-trieste 3h0'

Thursday, 22 October 2009

09:00 - 09:40 Self-assembly and manipulation of bare and coated gold nanoparticles
- 09:00 Self-assembly and manipulation of bare and coated gold nanoparticles 40'
  
  Speaker: Karine Mougin (Institut de Science des Materiaux de Mulhouse, France)

09:40 - 10:20 Materials for reversible adhesion: from biological systems to wall-climbing robots

09:40 Materials for reversible adhesion: from biological systems to wall-climbing robots 40'

Speaker:	Stanislav Gorb (University of Kiel, Germany)
Material:	lecture notes

10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break
- 10:20 Coffee Break 30'
10:50 - 11:30 Jumps in friction
- 10:50 Jumps in friction 40'
  
  Speaker: Roland Bennewitz (Leibniz Institut fur Neue Materialen GmbH, Saarbrucken, Germany)
11:30 - 11:50 Assessment of nanoadhesion and nanofriction surface properties of polymer and biopolymers films by AFM
- 11:30 Assessment of nanoadhesion and nanofriction surface properties of polymer and biopolymers films by AFM 20'
  
  Speaker: Maurice Brogly (Universite de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France)
11:50 - 12:30 Nanoscale wear of single asperities
- 11:50 Nanoscale wear of single asperities 40'
  
  Speaker: Bernd Gotsmann (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Rueschlikon, Switzerland)
12:30 - 14:20 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h50'

14:20 - 15:00 Contact mechanics with applications

14:20 Contact mechanics with applications 40'

Speaker:	Bo Persson (Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Juelich, Germany)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 15:20 Small amplitude AFM spectroscopy: a quantitative tool for studying nano-scale fluid flow
- 15:00 Small amplitude AFM spectroscopy: a quantitative tool for studying nano-scale fluid flow 20'
  
  Speaker: Frieder Mugele (University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands)

15:20 - 16:00 Collapse, adhesion and friction of thermoresponsive polymer brushes probed with the surface forces apparatus

15:20 Collapse, adhesion and friction of thermoresponsive polymer brushes probed with the surface forces apparatus 40'

Speaker:	Lionel Bureau (Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, France)
Material:	lecture notes

16:00 - 16:20 Trajectory Fluctuations Accompanying the Manipulation of Spherical Nanoparticles
- 16:00 Trajectory Fluctuations Accompanying the Manipulation of Spherical Nanoparticles 20'
  
  Speaker: Akshata Rao (University of Basel, Switzerland)
16:20 - 16:50 Coffee Break
- 16:20 Coffee Break 30'

16:50 - 17:30 Atomic scale characterization, manipulation and dissipation on insulating surfaces

16:50 Atomic scale characterization, manipulation and dissipation on insulating surfaces 40'

Speaker:	Adam Foster (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
Material:	lecture notes

17:30 - 18:10 Lubricaton and sliding friction levels in adsorbed films at sub-monolayer and ultra-low coverages

17:30 Lubricaton and sliding friction levels in adsorbed films at sub-monolayer and ultra-low coverages 40'

Speaker:	Jacqueline Krim (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

Friday, 23 October 2009

09:00 - 09:40 Atomic friction: Ways to determine the elastic and viscous properties of nano-contacts

09:00 Atomic friction: Ways to determine the elastic and viscous properties of nano-contacts 40'

Speaker:	Ernst Meyer (University of Basel, Switzerland)
Material:	lecture notes

09:40 - 10:20 Triggering frictional slip

09:40 Triggering frictional slip 40'

Speaker:	Stefano Zapperi (CNR-INFM Modena, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break
- 10:20 Coffee Break 30'
10:50 - 11:30 Relation between friction force, roughness of fractal contact surface and Hurst exponent
- 10:50 Relation between friction force, roughness of fractal contact surface and Hurst exponent 40'
  
  Speaker: Alexander Filippov (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Donetsk, Ukraine)

11:30 - 11:50 Microrheology of a sticking transition

11:30 Microrheology of a sticking transition 20'

Speaker:	Prerna Sharma (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India)
Material:	lecture notes

11:50 - 12:30 Periodic orbits in the sliding of graphite flakes
- 11:50 Periodic orbits in the sliding of graphite flakes 40'
  
  Speaker: Annalisa Fasolino (Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
12:30 - 14:20 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h50'

14:20 - 15:00 Phase-field-crystal model for pinning a sliding of adsorbed layers

14:20 Phase-field-crystal model for pinning a sliding of adsorbed layers 40'

Speaker:	Enzo Granato (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 15:20 Friction force on the electrodes
- 15:00 Friction force on the electrodes 20'
  
  Speaker: Helmut Baltruschat (Universitat Bonn, Germany)

15:20 - 16:00 Friction measurements in the single-molecule limit

15:20 Friction measurements in the single-molecule limit 40'

Speaker:	Bill Allison (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK)
Material:	lecture notes

16:00 - 16:20 Temperature-induced enhancement of nanoscale friction
- 16:00 Temperature-induced enhancement of nanoscale friction 20'
  
  Speaker: Zion Tshiprut (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
16:20 - 16:50 Coffee Break
- 16:20 Coffee Break 30'
16:50 - 17:10 Slip-stick: How frictional strength evolves
- 16:50 Slip-stick: How frictional strength evolves 20'
  
  Speaker: Oded Ben-David (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)
17:10 - 17:30 Water in nanoconfinement: diffusion, friction and viscosity
- 17:10 Water in nanoconfinement: diffusion, friction and viscosity 20'
  
  Speaker: Michael Chandross (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA)

17:30 - 18:10 The extreme and unusual nanotribological properties of carbon

17:30 The extreme and unusual nanotribological properties of carbon 40'

Speaker:	Robert Carpick (University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

18:10 - 18:25 Closing Ceremony
- 18:10 Closing Ceremony 15'

Saturday, 24 October 2009
- 09:00 - 12:00 Informal Discussion Time
  - 09:00 Informal Discussion Time 3h0'