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Ohio Team Reduces Friction in MEMS

Posted by michael on from the and-a-flea-hath-smaller-fleas dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The EETimes is running a story about an OSU team that has used atomic force microscopes to measure friction in micro-electro-mechanical devices and have developed a method of lubricating the devices with a baked-on (no jokes please) lubricant. Apparently this lubricant is better than vapor-deposited diamond coatings at these minute scales. Read the article here."

3 comments

  1. Cool by milgram · · Score: 1

    Closer to non-friction surfaces (NOT POSSIBLE)

    1. Re:Cool by JoeGee · · Score: 2

      Regarding mechanical friction, see http://www.eetimes.com/story/technology/OEG2001010 8S0690.

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  2. OSU website by SonCorn · · Score: 2
    You can see more information on this from the Website of the actual team that is working on this at:

    http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/cmcl/

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