We are delighted to welcome you to our nano-mechanical surface characterization seminare taking place at National University of Singapore (NUS).

Our invited speakers are the following:

> Dr. Jiri Nohava (CSM Instruments SA)
> Mr. Bin Zhang (CSM Instruments SA)
> Dr. Nalam Satyanarayana (National University of Singapore)

//// Program

09h00 - 09h15
Welcome and registration

09h15 - 10h00
Nanoindentation technology and applications
> Smart materials NiTi at elevated temperature
> Creep behavior and indentation modeling on PMMA
> μN level indentation on hard disk and gels

10h00 - 10h15
Coffee break

10h15 - 11h00
Introduction to scratch testing
> Computer simulation for best scratch parameters
> ASTM Standard on mar resistance by nanoscratch
> Scratch resistance of hard disk drive (HDD)

11h00 - 11h30
Tribology basic principle and applications
> Nanotribology on multiwalled carbon nanotube
> Biomedical measurements on live tissue
> 1000°C high temperature tribology

11h30 - 12h00
Mirau interferometry on indentation and scratch
> 3D deformation signal under nanoindenter
> In-situ scratch failure observation

12h00 - 12h15
Evaluation of Tribological Properties of Bio-Inspired Polymeric
Micro-Patterns for Microsystems Applications

12h15 - 12h30
Open discussion

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