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Dr. Thomas Scharf has worked at UNT as an assistant 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. |
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| Recent Research News |
•Jeff Helstad, MSE undergrad working in LaMMA, wins prestigious Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship award!
•Dr Guido Verbeck (PI) from Chemistry along with Dr. Scharf (co-PI) received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) - Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant titled, "Acquisition of an Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer with Laser Ablation Source for Surface Characterization."
•ISES received a second round of funding upon the current 2.2 million to sum up to a total of 7.9 million. |
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