
Nanobrücken
Nanomechanical Testing Workshop and Hysitron User Meeting
February 25-26, 2010 - Click here for the Full Program (print version) - - click here for Parking information - (Parking will be complimentary for registered participants)
February 25-26, 2010

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INM Saarbrücken, Germany
Program Committee
Prof. Eduard Arzt, INM Saarbrücken
Prof. Roland Bennewitz, INM Saarbrücken
Dr. JP Guin, CNRS-Université de Rennes 1
Dr. Oden Warren, Hysitron, Inc.
Keynote Speaker
Prof. John Pethica, Trinity College (CRANN)
Location
INM Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Invited Speakers:
John Pethica, Trinity College (CRANN) *Keynote
Cynthia Volkert, University of Göttingen
Michelle Oyen, Cambridge University
Christian Fretigny, CNRS
Sanjay Biswas, Indian Institute of Science
Program and Schedule
Wednesday, February 24th
Arrival of participants in the afternoon and evening. Guests are invited to
join a welcome gathering at Vapiano Restaurant in Downtown Saarbrücken,
starting at 6:30pm:
Vapiano Saarbrücken
Bahnhofstrasse 22-24
D-66111 SAARBRÜCKEN
phone: +49 (0) 681 37 99-111
email: saarbruecken1@vapiano.de
location: http://www.vapiano.de/locations/index.php?lang=us⊂=desb1
Thursday, February 25th
Hysitron User Meeting
8:30-8:45 Welcome Users and Hysitron Europe Updates
Hysitron Europe Team
8:45-9:15
"Performech
Nanomechanical Testing"
Oden Warren
9:15-9:30
Questions and Discussion
9:30-10:00
"New Hysitron Features and Their Applications"
Ude Hangen
10:00-10:40
User Feedback on
Coffee and Tea Break
10:40-11:00 Break (20 min)
"Molecular Confinement Accelerates Deformation of Entangled Polymers
During Squeeze Flow"
John Pethica, Trinity College (CRANN)
"The Effect of Sample Stiffness and Sliding Friction on Force Curves in
Atomic Force Microscopy"
Jon Pratt, National Institute of Standards and
1:30-2:00 *Invited talk
"Time-dependent and Adhesive Effects in Nanoindentation of Hydrogels"
Michelle Oyen, University of Cambridge
2:00-2:20
"Measuring the Dynamic Mechanical Response of Hydrated Mouse Bone by
Nanoindentation"
Siddhartha Pathak, EMPA
2:20-2:40
"Nanocompression of Single Cells"
Ingo Kampen, University of Braunschweig
"Nanomechanics and Ultrastructure of Pyrolysed Softwood Cell Walls"
Karsten Durst, Universität Erlangen Nürnberg
Coffee and Tea Break
3:00-3:30 Break (30 min)
Nanoindentation I Session
3:30-4:00 *Invited talk
"Analysis of Worn Tracks Using a Combination of Nanoindentation,
Nanotribometry and the TEM"
Sanjay Biswas, Indian Institute of Science
4:00-4:20
"An
Stressed Surfaces"
Norbert Schwarzer, SIOMEC
4:20-4:40
"Finite Element Analysis of the Penetration Depth/Tip Radius Ratio
Dependence of the Correction Factor in Indentation Testing of Elasticplastic
Materials"
Michel Troyon, University of Reims Champagne Ardenne
4:40-5:00
"Discrete Contact Mechanics of a Fibrillar Surface with Backing Layer
Interactions"
Griselda Guidoni, INM
Poster Session (see complete poster listing below schedule)
5:00-7:00 Poster display and discussion at INM
7:30pm Workshop dinner at Restaurant Stiefel-Bräu
Bus transport from the INM to Downtown Saarbrücken will be provided.
Zum Stiefel
Am Stiefel 2
66111 Saarbrücken
Telefon 0681 - 9 36 45 - 0
E-Mail: derstiefel@t-online.de
Website: http://www.stiefelgastronomie.de/frameset_zum_stiefel.htm
Tensile/Pulling Session
9:00-9:30 *Invited talk
"In-situ Tensile Testing of Metal
Cynthia Volkert, University of Göttingen
9:30-9:50
"Tensile Tests on Small Materials Performed Inside the SEM"
9:50-10:10
"A Feedback-Stabilized Platform for the Study of Atomic Point Contacts"
Douglas Smith, National Institute of Standards and
Nanoindentation II Session
10:10-10:30
Volumes"
Afrooz Barnoush, Universität des Saarlandes
10:30-11:00 Break (30 min)
Nanoindentation II Session (continued)
11:00-11:20
Test Results in Light of the Ongoing Revision of ISO 14577"
Michael Griepentrog, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
(BAM)
11:20-11:40
"Nanomechanical Properties of Coated Steel Products"
Christine Bischoff, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
11:40-12:00
"Material Characterization of Thin Films for Reliability Assessment"
Saskia Huber, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft - IZM
12:00-1:00 Lunch (60 min)
Surfaces and Interfaces Session
1:00-1:30 *Invited talk
"Quantitative and Semi-quantitative Mechanical Measurements at a
Submicrometric Scale"
Christian Fretigny, CNRS
1:30-1:50
Anoop Mukhopadhyay, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
1:50-2:10
Dielectric/Metal Interfaces"
Thomas Schöberl, Erich Schmidt Institute of Materials Science
2:10-2:30 Break (20 min)
Mechanical Testing of Confined Material Session
2:30-2:50
On-chip Internal Stress Controlled Nanomechanical Tensile Testing"
Marie-Stéphane Colla, Université catholique de Louvain
2:50-3:10
Julien Zimmermann, Paul-Scherrer Institute
3:10-3:30
"Correlation Between Critical Temperature and Strength of Small-Scale bcc
Pillars"
Poster Listing for Thursday's 5:00-7:00pm Poster Session
POSTER PRIZE: A prize for the best poster will be awarded at theworkshop dinner on Thursday evening.
1. "Self-repairing Ability of Epoxy-cement Concrete"
Grzegorz Adamczewski, Warsaw University of
2. "Nanoindentation Studies of Phase Separated Glasses: The Ternary Ag-
As-system"
Konstantinos Andrikopoulos, Technological Educational Institute of
Thessaloniki
3. "The Effect of In Implantation on the
Properties of GaN"
Ioannis Arvanitidis, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
4. "Hardening Effect in Epitaxial Ga(As,N) Thin Films"
Jonas Berggren, Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperphysik
5. "Application of Process Induced Stress to Study the Mechanical
Properties of Monocrystalline and Amorphous Silicon Thin Films"
Umesh Bhaskar, University catholique de Louvain
6. "Effect of Loading Rate on
Arjun Dey, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
7. "Nanoindentation Behavior of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Coating"
Arjun Dey, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
8. "A High Stability TEM Sample Stage with 5 Degrees of Freedom"
Thomas Duden, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
9. "Strain Rate Sensitivity of Nanocrystalline Materials as Measured by
Compression Test and Nanoindentation"
Karsten Durst, Universität Erlangen Nürnberg
10. "Creep with Single Dislocation Resolution"
Philip Egberts, INM
11. "Some Unpleasant Truths About Dynamic / Oscillatory Indentation
Measurement"
Marcus Fuchs, SIOMEC
12. "Strength-independence of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Materials
with Micropillar Diameter"
Baptiste Girault, INM
13. "The Stability of a Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Modeled as a
Bernoulli Beam Conveying an Eyring Fluid"
Hamid Jannesari, Isfahan University of
14. "Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Damping of CNT
Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites"
Javad Kadkhodapour, IMWF - University of Stuttgart
15. "The Exponent 3/2 of Nanoindentation Loading Curves with Conical and
Pyramidal Tips"
Gerd Kaupp, University of Oldenburg
16. "Mechanical Characterization of Layered Nanocomposites"
Inga Knorr, Universität Göttingen
17. "Architecture and Indentation Mechanics of the Mineralized Holdfast of
the Saddle Oyster"
Hanna Leemreize, Aarhus University
18. "Nanoindentation of Bovine Intervertebral End Plate"
Jaroslav Lukes, Czech Technical University in Prague
19. "Nanoindentation Study on Shock Loaded Alumina"
Anoop Mukhopadhyay, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
20. "Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nanocrystalline CaTiO3 for Steam
Reforming of Methanol"
Joanna Nizioł, Cracow University of
21. "Jaws of the Marine Worm Nereis: Influence of Metals, Halogenation
and Protein Cross-linking on Mechanical Properties"
Jakob Olsen, Aarhus University
22. "Modeling the Transformation Kinetics of Phase-Change Materials"
Henry Otunga, Maseno University
23. "Qualification of Membranes for MEMS Applications Applying
Nanoindentation"
Florian Pape, Leibniz Universität Hannover
24. "Elasticity Mapping of Single Phases in Polycrystalline Metals Using
Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy"
Ute Rabe, Fraunhofer Institut für zerstörungsfreie Prüfverfahren (IZFP)
25. "Nanomechanical Investigations on Poly(2-oxazoline)s"
Erich Rettler, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
26. "Preparation of Pillars and Fracture Mechanics Steel Specimens with
FIB and Testing in Nanoindenter"
Bjørn Rune Rogne, Norwegian University of Science and
27. "Preliminary Study of Creep of Multilayer Coating Under Penetration of
a Pyramid Indenter"
Zygmunt Rymuza, Warsaw University of
28. "Mechanical Properties of Morphologies Studied by Atomic Force
Microscopy Nanoindentation: Polymer Brushes and Polymeric Nanophases"
Davide Tranchida, University of Siegen
29. "Analysis of Deformation Mechanisms in Gamma-TiAl by
Nanoindentation Experiments and Crystal-plasticity Simulations"
Claudio Zambaldi, Max-Planck-Institute für
Location:
Leibniz lecture hall of the INM
INM Leibniz‐Institut für Neue Materialien
Campus D2 2
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany
INM:
Prof. Roland Bennewitz (Roland.Bennewitz@inm‐gmbh.de)
Dr. Griselda Guidoni (Griselda.Guidoni@inm‐gmbh.de)
Hysitron:
Dr. Ude Hangen (uhangen@hysitron.com) ph: +49 173 397 3781
Michael Berg (mberg@hysitron.com) ph: +1 612 226 7156
Oral Presentations:
Speakers are encouraged to bring their presentation files on their own
laptop, but files on a memory stick for PC are also acceptable.
Poster Presentations:
Posters can be hung on Thursday during the coffee break or the lunch
period at the INM. Posters should be A0 portrait format.
Two options of mounting will be available: 1. direct pinning or 2. poster tsrips (double sided sticky tape)
Cost of the meeting:
Registration fee: 50 Euro (One student admitted free per registered
Professor). Lunches and the Workshop Dinner will be provided by the
workshop at no additional charge.
Registration:
Registration for the Workshop is open to anyone in the nanomechanical
testing community.
Go to www.hysitron.com/register/nanobrucken2010 to register for this event.
For more information, go to www.inm-gmbh.de or www.hysitron.com.
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See attached document: “access_INM.pdf” Leibniz lecture hall of the INM INM Leibniz‐Institut für Neue Materialien Campus D2 2 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:30am – 12:30pm with one 30‐minute coffee & snack break.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:00pm – 5:45pm with one 30‐minute coffee & snack break. Friday, February 26, 2010 9:00am – 5:30pm with lunch and two 30‐minute coffee & snack breaks.
Thursday Night at 7:00 p.m.
Registration fee: 50 Euro (One student admitted free per registered Professor)
Registration for the Workshop is open to anyone in the nanomechanical testing community. Please register online at the following address: www.hysitron.com/register/nanobrucken2010 A confirmation email will be sent to registrants after completion of the online form. The deadline for registration is February 1, 2010.
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