Nanotribology and Nanomechanics An Introduction /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bhushan, Bharat (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Continuum mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Nanotechnology.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Mechanical Engineering.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

The recent emergence and proliferation of proximal probes, e.g. SPM and AFM, and computational techniques for simulating tip-surface interactions has enabled the systematic investigation of interfacial problems on ever smaller scales, as well as created means for modifying and manipulating nanostruc...

Table of Contents:

• Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Scanning Probe Microscopy — Principle of Operation, Instrumentation, and Probes
• Probes in Scanning Microscopies
• Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy and Its Related Topics
• Low Temperature Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Dynamic Force Microscopy
• Molecular Recognition Force Microscopy
• — Measurement Techniques and Applications
• Nanotribology and Nanomechanics
• Micro/Nanotribology and Materials Characterization Studies Using Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Surface Forces and Nanorheology of Molecularly Thin Films
• Friction and Wear on the Atomic Scale
• Nanoscale Mechanical Properties — Measuring Techniques and Applications
• Nanomechanical Properties of Solid Surfaces and Thin Films
• Computational Modeling of Nanometer-Scale Tribology
• Mechanics of Biological Nanotechnology
• Mechanical Properties of Nanostructures
• Scale Effect in Mechanical Properties and Tribology
• Moleculary-Think Films for Lubrication
• Nanotribology of Ultrathin and Hard Amorphous Carbon Films
• Self-Assembled Monolayers for Controlling Adhesion, Friction and Wear
• Nanoscale Boundary Lubrication Studies
• Applications
• Micro/Nanotribology and Micro/Nanomechanics of Magnetic Storage Devices
• Micro/Nanotribology of MEMS/NEMS Materials and Devices
• Mechanical Properties of Micromachined Structures.