Vapor-Phase Lubricants: Nanometer-Scale Mechanisms and Applications to Sub-Micron and Rotating Machinery

Abstract

Vapor-phase lubricants: Nanometer-scale mechanisms and applications to sub-micron and rotating machinery was the beginning segment of a new program supported by AFOSR involving a set of experiments seeking to explore the molecular-scale properties of vapor-phase lubricants in well-defined contact geometries. During the 10.5 month grant period, two ultra-high vacuum chambers were customized for the specific proposed studies, and all personnel involved were trained in Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) and quartz microbalance techniques. The construction and training period is now complete, and a series of measurements have been performed. These include measurements of the uptake rate of the lubricant TBPP on Fe as a function of temperature, and a series of measurements of the nanomechanical properties of a number of potential lubricants for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) applications by means of a combined quartz microbalance/scanning tunneling microscopy technique.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1999
Accession Number
ADA361295

Entities

People

  • Jacqueline Krim

Organizations

  • Northeastern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chambers
  • Friction
  • High Vacuum
  • Lubricants
  • Measurement
  • Microbalances
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Microscopy
  • Quantum Tunneling
  • Quartz Crystal Microbalances
  • Scanning
  • Students
  • Tunneling
  • Turbines
  • Vacuum
  • Vacuum Chambers
  • Vapor Phases

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene