Microstructure and Microtribology of Polymer Surfaces

Content: Tribology of polymers : a perspective / B.J. Briscoe -- Contact mechanics and adhesion of viscoelastic spheres / K.L. Johnson -- Surface and bulk properties in adherence of elastic-viscoelastic solids / J.C. Charmet, D. Vallet, and M. Barquins -- Creep effects in nanometer-scale contacts to linear viscoelastic materials / W.N. Unertl -- The role of interfacial slippage in adhesive release / K. Vorvolakos and M.K. Chaudhury -- Response of thin oligomer films to steady and transient shear / Mark O. Robbins and Arlette R.C. Baljon -- Micromechanics and microtribology of polymer films / F. Oulevey, D. Gourdon, E. Dupas, M. Liley, C. Duschl, A.J. Kulik, G. Gremaud, and N.A. Burnham -- Physics and physical chemistry at the nanotip scale : fundamental investigation of the mechanical response of soft materials with an atomic force microscope / S. Kopp-Marsaudon, L. Nony, D. Michel, and J.P. Aimé -- Disentanglement in ultrathin polymer films, surface strain, and auto-dewetting / R.M. Overney, C. Buenviaje, S. Ge, M. Rafailovich, and J. Sokolov -- Scanning force microscopy of micromechanical properties of polymers / Z. Huang, S.A. Chizhik, V.V. Gorbunov, N.K. Myshkin, and V.V. Tsukruk -- Probing adhesive, mechanical, and thermal properties of polymer surfaces using scanning probe microscopy / Gregory F. Meyers, Benjamin M. DeKoven, Michael T. Dineen, Andrew Strandjord, Paul J. O'Connor, Terry Hu, Yi-Hung Chiao, Hubert M. Pollock, and Azzedine Hammiche -- Temperature-dependent surface properties of thin polystyrene films determined by scanning force microscopy / Othmar Marti and Sabine Hild -- Viscoelastic measurements in thin polystyrene melts as derived from scanning force microscopy-induced nanoflow patterns / Ronald H. Schmidt, Wayne L. Gladfelter, and Greg Haugstad -- Experimental study of the friction regimes on viscoelastic materials / C. Basire and C. Fretigny -- Micro- and nano-wear of polymeric materials / G.S. Blackman, L. Lin, and R.R. Matheson -- Surface nanochemical studies of polymers and other organic surfaces by scanning force microscopy / Kirill Feldman, Georg Hähner, and Nicholas D. Spencer -- Molecular relaxations in polymer films studied by temperature-controlled friction-force microscopy / Jon A. Hammerschmidt, Greg Haugstad, and Wayne L. Gladfelter -- Polypropylene/(ethylene-propylene) copolymer blends : surface morphology and elasticity as measured by AFM and FMM / B. Nysten, C. Meerman, and E. Tomasetti -- Molecular alignment and nanotribology of polymeric solids studied by lateral force microscopy / G. Julius Vancso and Holger Schönherr -- Scanning force microscopic study of polyethylene single crystals prepared by a self-seeding method / Tomokazu Fujii, Atsushi Takahara, and Tisato Kajiyama -- Sparse coatings by disperse adsorption of cylindrical brushes / Sergei S. Sheiko, Svetlana A. Prokhorova, Ute Schmidt, Peter Dziezok, Manfred Schmidt, and Martin Möller -- Microphase separation and morphological transitions at the surface of block copolymers / Ph. Leclère, J.L. Brédas, G. Moineau, M. Minet, Ph. Dubois, R. Jérôme, and R. Lazzaroni -- Modeling the interactions between polymers and clay surfaces through self-consistent field theory / Anna C. Balazs, Chandralekha Singh, and Ekaterina Zhulina -- Use of wear tests for plastics / Kenneth G. Budinski -- Nanotribology of polymer surfaces for disk drive applications / C. Mathew Mate and Junhua Wu -- The effect of surface texture on the friction of automotive interior plastics / Norman S. Eiss, Jr. and Edward Lee -- Micromechanical characterization of scratch and mar behavior of automotive topcoats / L. Lin, G.S. Blackman, and R.R. Matheson -- Investigation of tribological properties of polymeric surface coatings with scanning probe microscope / Weidian Shen and Frank N. Jones -- Friction and durability of chemisorbed organic lubricants for microelectromechanical systems / M.T. Dugger, D.C. Senft, and G.C. Nelson -- Physics of friction applied to medical devices / Andrea Liebmann-Vinson.