Recent Publications:
Nanotribology of octadecyltrichlorosilane monolayers and silicon: Self-mated vs. unmated interfaces and local packing density effects
E.E. Flater, W.R. Ashurst, R.W. Carpick, Langmuir, in press (2007).
Mechanical instabilities of individual multi - walled carbon nanotubes under uniaxial loading
H.W. Yap, R.S. Lakes, R.W. Carpick, Nano Lett., 7 (5) 1149-54 (2007).
Small amplitude reciprocating wear performance of diamond-like carbon films: Dependence of film composition and counterface material
J.A. Bares, A.V. Sumant, D.S. Grierson, R.W. Carpick, and K. Sridharan, Tribology Lett., 27 (1) 79-88 (2007).
Atomic-scale friction on diamond: A comparison of different sliding directions on (001) and (111) surfaces using MD and AFM
G. Gao, R.J. Cannara, R.W. Carpick, and J.A. Harrison, Langmuir, 23 (10), 5394-405 (2007).
Surface composition, bonding, and morphology in the nucleation and growth of ultra-thin, high quality nanocrystalline diamond films
A.V. Sumant, P.U.P.A. Gilbert, D.S. Grierson, A.R. Konicek, M. Abrecht, J.E. Butler, T. Feygelson, S.S. Rotter, R.W. Carpick, Diam. Rel. Mat., 16, 718-24 (2007).
Predictions and observations of transitions in atomic-scale stick-slip friction
S.N. Medyanik, W.K. Liu, I.-H. Sung, R.W. Carpick, Phys. Rev. Lett., 97 (13) 136106/1-4 (2006).
The use of tungsten interlayers to enhance the initial nucleation and conformality of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) thin films
N.N. Naguib, J.W. Elam, J. Birrell, J. Wang, D.S. Grierson, B. Kabius, J.M. Hiller, A.V. Sumant, R. W. Carpick, O. Auciello, J.A. Carlisle, Chem. Phys. Lett., 430 (4-6) 345-50 (2006).
Lateral force calibration in atomic force microscopy: A new lateral force calibration method and general guidelines for optimization
R.J. Cannara, M. Eglin, R.W. Carpick, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 77 (5), 53701/1-11 (2006).
Mechanical analysis, characterization, and design considerations of vibrations in "beetle"-type scanning probe microscopes
M.J. Brukman, and R.W. Carpick. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 77 (5), 033706/1-7 (2006).
Growth of mechanically fixed and isolated vertically-aligned carbon
nanotubes and nanofibers for nanomechanical testing by DC-plasma-enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition
H.Y. Yap, B. Ramaker, A.V. Sumant, R.W. Carpick, Diam. Rel. Mater., 15 (10), 1622-1628 (2006).
Nanotribological properties of alkanephosphonic acid self-assembled monolayers on aluminum oxide: Effects of fluorination and substrate crystallinity
M.J. Brukman, G.O. Marco, T.D. Dunbar, L.D. Boardman, and R.W. Carpick, Langmuir, 22(9) 3988-3998 (2006).
Microparticle manipulation using inertial forces
M. Eglin, M.A. Eriksson, and R.W. Carpick, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88 091913/1-3 (2006).
In-situ wear studies of surface micromachined interfaces subject to controlled loading
E.E. Flater, A.D. Corwin, M.P. de Boer, and R.W. Carpick, Wear, 260 (6) 580-593 (2006).
Cantilever tilt compensation for variable-load atomic-force microscopy
R.J. Cannara, M.J. Brukman, and R.W. Carpick, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 76 (5) 53706/1-6 (2005).
Multiscale roughness and modeling of MEMS interfaces
C. K. Bora, E.E. Flater, M.D. Street, J.M. Redmond, M.J. Starr, M.E. Plesha, and R.W. Carpick. Trib. Lett., 19 (1) 37-48 (2005).
Accounting for the JKR-DMT transition in adhesion and friction measurements with AFM
D.S. Grierson, E.E. Flater, and R.W. Carpick, J. Adhes. Sci. Technol., 19 (3-5) 291-311(2005).
Toward the ultimate tribological interface: Surface chemical optimization and nanoscale single asperity properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond
A.V. Sumant, D.S. Grierson, J.E. Gerbi, J. Birrell, U.D. Lanke, O. Auciello, J.A. Carlisle, and R.W. Carpick, Adv. Mat., 17 (8) 1039-1045 (2005).
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Biography:
Robert W. Carpick is a Full Professor and Penn Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and is a member of the Physics Graduate Group. Prof. Carpick moved to U. Penn in January 2007 after serving on the faculty for 7 years in the Engineering Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In September, 2007, Prof. Carpick was named as the University of Pennsylvania Director of the Nanotechnology Institute (NTI), a multi-institutional entity funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that supports the commercialization of nanotechnology by funding university-based translational research with industrial collaboration. He also coordinates the Nanoprobe Network, a web-based user-driven resource for the scanning probe research community.
Prof. Carpick received his B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Toronto in 1991, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997 under the supervision of Dr. Miquel Salmeron. His thesis is titled: “The Study of Contact, Adhesion and Friction at the Atomic Scale by Atomic Force Microscopy”.
He spent two years as a postdoctoral appointee at Sandia National Laboratory in the Surface and Interface Science Department, and then the Biomolecular Materials and Interfaces Department where he worked under the supervision of Dr. Alan R. Burns.
Prof. Carpick works at the intersection of mechanics, materials, and physics to conduct research into nanotribology (the atomic-scale origins of friction, adhesion, lubrication, and wear), nanomechanics, nanostructured materials, and scanning probe microscopy (SPM). His primary focus is on using SPM and other surface science and material characterization techniques to probe the fundamental nature of materials in contact, and to apply the results to nanotechnology applications. Recently he has focused extensively on the science and technology of ultrahard carbon-based thin films including nanocrystalline diamond, and on self-assembled monolayers.
He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Tribology Letters, and served as a Board Member of the Solid Lubricants Division of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (2004-2009), serving as Division Chair for 2008-2009. He previously served as an elected board member of the Nanoscale Science and Technology Division of the American Vacuum Society, and on the Editorial Board of Review of Scientific Instruments. He was the recipient of a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation in 2001, and was named Outstanding New Mechanics Educator by the American Society for Engineering Education in 2003. In 2009, he was awarded the Burt L. Newkirk Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is a co-recipient of a R&D 100 Award for the co-development of ultrananocrystalline diamond AFM probes, sold commercially as "NaDia Probes" by Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. He has taught several invited short courses on nanomechanics and scanning probe microscopy, and is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications. |
