For Anton Paar TriTec’s 10th anniversary, we are hosting the Mechanical Surface Characterization Seminar from September 19 to September 20, 2023, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

An excellent venue to discuss new trends and applications, this seminar will bring together leading experts from the field of mechanical surface characterization who focus on nanoindentation, tribology, and scratch testing. Anton Paar TriTec experts will also be on hand, which will give you the opportunity to learn more about our instruments and the latest developments of our products.

The seminar will also be a place to hear talks on a range of issues, including:

• Hardness and other mechanical properties assessment
• Measurement of deformations and stresses
• Time-dependent properties, regardless of material type
• Tribological and wear investigation
• Adhesion and/or scratch resistance measurements

If you would like to give a talk, download the abstract template here and submit it through the registration form.

Speaker guidelines

• Regular talk: 20 minutes + 5 minutes for questions
• Invited speaker: 40 minutes + 5 minutes for questions

Professor at the Czech Technical University (Czech Republic)
Topic: Statistical treatment of grid indentation on multiphase materials considering the influence of the interface between phases

CNRS Research Professor, Grenoble INP (France)
Topic: Characterization by scratch and instrumented indentation of metallic glasses – behavior differences vs glasses’ shades

Research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Germany)
Topic: Evaluation of damage tolerance and adhesion of super-hard coatings by means of scratch and indentation tests

Professor at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Topic: Tribological performance and mechanical properties of new wear resistant thermally sprayed coatings

Universidad Pública de Navarra (Spain)    
Topic: Influence of thickness on nanoindentation measurements of coated substrates

Politecnico di Milano
Topic: Characterization of challenging materials, nanoindentation on human pancreatic tissue

Politecnico di Torino
Topic: Design of a device for pin-on-disc tribometers to measure rolling friction torque in thrust ball bearings

DOT GmbH (Germany)    
Topic: The Potential of Scratch-Tests in the pre-clinical Development of Medical PVD Coatings

Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (Austria)    
Topic: Soft matter nano-indentation – a survey about the mechanical response of challenging soft tissues

Czech Technical University (Czech Republic)    
Topic: Indentation Size Effect in CoCrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy

Université de Lorraine (France)    
Topic: Liquid environment spherical depth sensing indentation toward the mechanical characterization of living tissue

HE-Arc (Switzerland)    
Topic: Optimization of TiSiCN coatings by RF Magnetron Sputtering and High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering

Politecnico di Torino
Topic: Tribological investigation of friction coefficient in pneumatic seals with a special pin-on-disc setup

Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic)
Topic: Surface modification using a combination of the technologies of laser micromachining and thin film deposition

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry CAS
Topic: CORRELATION BETWEEN MICROSCALE INDENTATION CREEP AND MACROSCALE TENSILE CREEP OF POLYMERS

Saxonian Institute of Surface Mechanics (Germany)    
Topic: Calo Indent and Droplet Erosion Module – New methods to evaluate stress distributions and profiles

Solvay (Belgium)    
Topic: Nanoindentation, a non-standard tool for non-standard industrial characterization challenges

Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (Austria)    
Topic: How to deal with polymeric samples using Nanoindentation 

JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft (Austria)    
Topic: Tribology of low-friction, wear protecting atmospheric pressure plasma spray coatings on polymers

Université de Franche-Comté (France)    
Topic: LUBRICATION REGIMES IN BICYCLE TRANSMISSION OF ELITE CYCLING – PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (Germany)    
Topic: How Intraocular Pressure Affects the Biomechanical Properties of the Human Cornea A Nanoindentation Approach

Université de Lorraine (France)    
Topic: A METHOD TO DETERMINE ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC CONSTANTS in a β-METASTABLE TITANIUM ALLOY BASED ON NANOINDENTATION