We are organizing a symposium on "Mechanics of Adhesion and Friction", in the upcoming ASME IMECE 2013 to be held in San Diego, during Nov 15-21, 2013. You are cordially invited to submit abstracts to this symposium, which is numbered as "10-20 Symposium on Mechanics of Adhesion and Friction".
Adhesion and friction are of significant interest to colloidal scientists, biologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers. These surface phenomena are not only used in nature for locomotion and climbing, but are also used to advantage in technological applications for self-assembly of microstructures, heterogeneous integration of nanostructures on diverse substrates, and moving small droplets on surfaces. Adhesion and friction also have strong implications on the behavior of nanomaterials and biological systems. This symposium is devoted to the mechanics of adhesion and friction, encompassing both experimental and theoreticalstudies of adhesion and friction at length scales ranging from macro- to molecular. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to:
1) New methodologies/instrumentation for studying mechanics of adhesion and friction
2) Continuum and atomistic simulations and theoretical studies of adhesion and friction
3) Mechanics of adhesion and friction in biological (e.g., geckos, insects, cells, ECMs) and bio-inspired systems
4) Mechanics of adhesion and friction for technological applications (e.g., MEMS/NEMS and flexible/stretchable electronics)
5) Mechanics of adhesion and friction in nanomaterials (e.g., nanowires, nanotubes, graphene)
Topic Organizers:
Jianliang Xiao
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder
UCB 427
Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Email: jianliang.xiao [at] colorado.edu (jianliang[dot]xiao[at]colorado[dot]edu)
Frank W. DelRio
Material Measurement Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8520
Gaithersburg, MD 20815, USA
Email: frank.delrio [at] nist.gov (frank[dot]delrio[at]nist[dot]gov)
Yong Zhu
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
3238 Engineering Building III
Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Email: yong_zhu [at] ncsu.edu (yong_zhu[at]ncsu[dot]edu)
Topic Divisions and Committees:
Applied Mechanics Division – Experimental Mechanics Technical Committee
Materials Division – Multifunctional Materials Technical Committee
Tribology Division – Nanotribology and Micro/Nano-Systems Technical Committee