| Welcome |
Dr. Thomas Scharf has worked at UNT as an assistant professor, and now associate professor, in materials science and engineering since 2005. His group main research interests are:
• Physical and chemical vapor (atomic layer) deposition of ceramic and metallic nanostructured thin films for moving mechanical assemblies, such as bearings, gears, MEMS and orthopedic implants;
• Processing, structure, and property interrelationships of functionally graded metal-ceramic and ceramic-ceramic hybrid composites;
• Studying the fundamental mechanisms of friction, wear, and lubrication of sliding and rolling interfaces by electron microscopy, vibrational spectroscopy and atom probe tomography techniques;
• In situ chemical diagnostic tribology of dry and lubricated contacts using Raman spectroscopy. |
|
|
|
