Thursday, April 15, 2010

Complete publications for PhD

Publications

Journal articles

1. Minn, M., Sinha, S. K., Lee, S.-K. and Kondo, H. (2006) ‘High-speed tribology of PFPEs with different functional groups and molecular weights coated on DLC’, Tribology Letters, 24 (1), 67-76.

2. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2008) ‘DLC and UHMWPE as hard/soft composite film on Si for improved tribological performance’, Surface & Coatings Technology, 202, 3698-708.

3. Minn, M., Leong, Y. H. and Sinha, S. K. (2008) ‘Effects of interfacial energy modification on the tribology of UHMWPE coated Si’, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41, 055307.

4. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2009) ‘Molecular orientation, crystallinity, and topographical changes in sliding and their frictional effects for UHMWPE film’, Tribology Letters, 34, 133-140.

5. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2010) ‘The frictional behavior of UHMWPE films with different surface energies at low normal loads’, Wear, 268, 1030-36.

6. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2010) ‘Tribology of UHMWPE film on Si substrate with CrN, TiN and DLC as intermediate layers’, Thin Solid Films, 518 (14), 3830-36.

Book chapters

1. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2009) Tribology of polymer thin films on modified Si substrate, in Polymer Tribology, (Imperial College Press, London), 660-688.

2. Satyanarayana, N., Minn, M., Samad, M. A. and Sinha, S. K. (2009) Polymer films, in Encyclopedia of Tribology, (Springer).

Conference papers/presentations

1. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2007) ‘Friction and wear properties of DLC/UHMWPE composite film’, STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference, 22-24 Oct., San Diego, California, USA, IJTC2007-44242-856.

2. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2008) “Correlation between surface energy and friction on UHMWPE and silicon surfaces” 2nd International Conference on Advanced Tribology, 3-5 Dec., Singapore, iCAT391.

3. Leong, Y. H., Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2008) “Effects of surface wettability on tribology of UHMWPE film coated Si” 2nd International Conference on Advanced Tribology, 3-5 Dec., Singapore, iCAT392.

4. Satyanarayana, N., Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2009) ‘Nano-lubrication of Si surface using dendrimer-mediated perfluoropolyether films for Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems applications’ Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2009), 29 Jun.-3 Jul., Singapore, U54.

5. Minn, M., Satyanarayana, N. and Sinha, S. K. (2009) ‘Tribology of perfluoropolyether films on hydrogen-terminated Si surface’ Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2009), 29 Jun.-3 Jul., Singapore, U55.

6. Satyanarayana, N., Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2009) “Tribology of dendrimer-mediated perfluoropolyether films on Si surface for micro-electro mechanical systems applications” Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress IV, 06-11 Sept., Kyoto, Japan, WTC2009-90849.

7. Minn, M. and Sinha, S. K. (2009) ‘The surface energy effects on static friction for soft and hard materials at low loads’, Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress IV, 06-11 Sept., Kyoto, Japan, WTC2009-91030.