Research Highlights
Robert W. Carpick
Rob conducts his research at the intersection of mechanics, materials, and physics. He is an expert in experimental nanomechanics and nanotribology (friction, adhesion, and wear). His lab has developed novel advanced scanning probe microsopy tools, used to investigate the fundamental nature of materials in contact. Rob has done seminal work on nanoscale characterization of friction for many important materials, including ultra-thin organic films, solid single crystal and thin film surfaces, and polymeric materials.
An atomic force microscope cantilever fabricated out of nanocrystalline diamond has a nano-scale probe tip that is far more wear-resistant than silicon and silicon nitride. This was produced in collaboration with Advanced Diamond Technologies and U. Wisconsin-Madison through a National Science Foundation STTR program.
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