Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Greiner

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMechanical Properties of Metallic Materials and their Microstructural Causes,Surface Physics
KeywordsMechanical Contacts, Heated Cantilever, Atomic Force Microscope, Atomic Scale Friction, Tribology

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityKarlsruhe
InstitutionKarlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
InstituteInstitut für Angewandte Materialien (IAM), Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrostruktur (IAM-ZM)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Robert W. CarpickDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechnanics, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Philadelphia
Prof. Dr. Vaclav VitekDepartment of Material Sciences & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Philadelphia
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2009

Programme(s)

2008Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2012Christian Greiner, Jonathan R. Felts, Zhanting Dai, William P. King, Robert W. Carpick: Controlling Nanoscale Friction through the Competition between Capillary Adsorption and Thermally Activated Sliding. In: ACS Nano, 2012, 4305-4313
11Christian Greiner J. R. Felts Z. Dai W. P. King R. W. Carpick: Local Nanoscale Heating Moduates Single-Asperity Friction. In: Nano Letters, 11, 4640-4645