Gordon Conference 2010Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior
July 25-30, 2010, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Chair: Oliver Kraft (oliver.kraft [at] kit.edu), Vice Chair: John Balk
Over the past decades, it has been well established that the mechanical behavior of materials changes when they are confined geometrically at least in one dimension to small scale. It is the aim of the 2010 Gordon Conference on "Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior" to discuss cutting-edge research on elastic, plastic and time-dependent deformation as well as degradation mechanisms like fracture, fatigue and wear at small scales. As in the past, the conference will benefit from contributions from fundamental studies of physical mechanisms linked to material science and engineering reaching towards application in modern applications ranging from optical and microelectronic devices and nano- or micro-electrical mechanical systems to devices for energy production and storage. The conference will feature entirely new testing methodologies and in situ measurements as well as recent progress in atomistic and micromechanical modeling. Particularly, emerging topics in the area of energy conversion and storage, such as material for batteries will be highlighted. The study of small-scale mechanical phenomena in systems related to energy production, conversion or storage offer an enticing opportunity to materials scientists, who can provide new insight and investigate these phenomena with methods that have not previously been exploited.
A list of preliminary session topics and speakers is currently being developed by the Conference Chair and will be available by December 1, 2009. Please check back for updates .
Gordon Conference Thin Film and Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM - Registration is open
Thin Film and Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior
July 25 - 30, 2010 at Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Online Application:
http://www.grc.org/application.aspx?id=9398
Preliminary Program:
Session Topic 1: Elasticity, plasticity and fracture of small structures
Leader Name: William Gerberich (Univ. of Minnesota)
Speaker Names:
H. Daniel Wagner (Weizman Institute, Israel)
The mechanics of small objects: selected experiments from various landscapes
Alfonso Ngan (Hongkong)
Mechanical Properties of Nano-honeycomb
Session Topic 2: Radiation damage and mechanical behavior
Leader Name: Easo George (Oak Ridge)
Speaker Names:
Steve Roberts (Oxford)
Micromechanical testing of materials for fusion and fission applications
Michael Demkowiczs (MIT)
Tailoring nanocomposites properties by atomic-scale design of interfaces
Session Topic 3: Nanomechanics of battery materials
Leader Name: Y.T. Cheng (Univ. of Kentucky)
Speaker Names:
Bob McMeeking (UCSB)
Li ion battery materials; the influence of mechanics on their performance,
reliability and durability
Reiner Mönig (KIT)
In situ SEM observations of Li ion insertion kinetics and related stress effects
Session Topic 4: Nanocrystalline Metals, Films and Multilayers
Leader Name: Amit Misra
Speaker Names:
Andrea Hodge (USC)
Mechanics of thin films and multilayers at the nanoscale
G.P. Zhang (CAS, Shenyang)
Plasticity and fatigue of metallic multilayers: length scale and interface effects
Chris Schuh (MIT)
Progress in High-Temperature Nanoindentation
Session Topic 8: Electro-Mechanical Coupling in Nanostructures
Leader Name: Marc Legros
Speaker Names:
Jianyu Huang
In-situ atomic scale nanomechanics of carbon nanotubes, nanowires and graphene
Julia Greer
Mechanical-electrical coupling in graphene-based devices: lessons from 2-D materials
Session Topic 6: Plasticity in confined geometries
Leader Name: Mike Uchic
Speaker Names:
Wei Cai (Stanford)
Dislocation Multiplication in Micro-Pillars and Thin Films
Christian Motz (Leoben)
Plasticity and Fracture in Confined Volumes: Experiments and Modeling
Session Topic 7: Nanotribology
Leader Name: Peter Gumbsch
Speaker Names:
Robert Carpick (U Penn)
Tribology of Ultrastrong Carbon-Based Films from Nano to Macro Scales
Roland Bennewitz (INM Saarbrücken)
Friction on molecularly thin films
Session Topic 8: Nanomechanics for improving microdevice performance
Leader Name: Matt Begley
Speaker Names:
S. Lacour (Cambridge Univ)
Engineering thin film device materials with enhanced stretchability
Young-Chang Joo (Seoul National Univer.)
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Marcel Utz (University of Virginia)
Electro- and chemo-mechanical interactions of polyelectrolytes in microsystems
Session Topic 9:
Leader Name:
Speaker Names:
Alex Hamza
Nanomaterials for Targets at the National Ignition Facility