Ph. D., 1991, University of Texas at Austin

Surface science, tribology, scanning probe microscopy, materials interfaces, aqueous lubrication schemes, hydrogels, solid lubricants, coatings.

Hamilton, Matthew A.; Alvarez, Luis A.; Mauntler, Nathan A.; Argibay, Nicolas; Colbert, Rachel; Burris, David L.; Muratore, Chris; Voevodin, Andrey A.; Perry, Scott S.; Sawyer, W. Gregory. A Possible Link Between Macroscopic Wear and Temperature Dependent Friction Behaviors of MoS2 Coatings. Tribology Letters (2008), 32(2), 91-98. Sawyer, W. G.; Perry, S. S.; Phillpot, S. R.; Sinnott, S. B. Integrating experimental and simulation length and time scales in mechanistic studies of friction. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2008), 20(35), 354012/1-354012/14. Barry, Peter R.; Jang, Inkook; Perry, Scott S.; Sawyer, W. Gregory; Sinnott, Susan B.; Phillpot, Simon R. Effect of simulation conditions on friction in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design (2007), 14(Suppl. 1), 239-246. Heo, Seong Jun; Jang, Inkook; Barry, Peter R.; Phillpot, Simon R.; Perry, Scott S.; Sawyer, W. Gregory; Sinnott, Susan B. Effect of the sliding orientation on the tribological properties of polyethylene in molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Applied Physics (2008), 103(8), 083502/1-083502/6. Liang, Tao; Sawyer, W. Gregory; Perry, Scott S.; Sinnott, Susan B.; Phillpot, Simon R. First-principles determination of static potential energy surfaces for atomic friction in MoS2 and MoO3. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2008), 77(10), 104105/1-104105/6.