The force microscopy lab has as goal the
study of the nanoscale tribological properties like friction, wear, hardness, etc. of thin films
used as protective coatings. In the lab we aim to establish a
relationship among the tribological properties of the films with their structural and
chemical composition.
Infraestructure
The force microscopy lab has a Multi
Mode atomic force microscope from
Digital Instruments, an optical microscope
that can be coupled to the force microscope, and a
Dektak III perfilometer.
Research Projects
Since august 1998, the lab have been developing projects in
the fields of nanotribology of
hard thin films used as protective coatings,
nanolitography in polymers and
automation of experiments in the field of nanotechnology.
