This conference is devoted to new lights upon science of friction. In this conference, we focus on the three key elementary process of friction:

(1) Atomic and molecular scale friction
(2) Friction of films adsorbed on a surface
(3) Friction of confined fluid and lubricant layers.

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Journal of Physics: Conference Series
"INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE OF FRICTION
       9-13 September 2007, Irago, Aichi, Japan"


CONGRATULATIONS!
Winners of student's award

Mr. Takahiro Nakahara, The University of Electro-Communications
"Physical properties of C60 intercalated graphite films"
T. Nakahara, N. Hosomi, J. Taniguchi, M. Suzuki, T. Sato, K. Abe,D. Kuwahara, M. Ishikawa, M. Kato, K. Miura

Mr. Hajime Kobayashi, The University of Electro-Communications
"Sliding friction of Kr films adsorbed on graphite substrate"
H. Kobayashi, J. Taniguchi, M. Suzuki, and K. Miura

Mr. Daisuke Nakamura, The University of Tokyo
"Dependence of maximum static friction on waiting-time using dynamics of vorticies in superconductors"
Daisuke Nakamura, Shin-ichi Kitamura, Takahiro Kubo, Luis B. Gomez, Atsutaka Maeda, M. Konczykovski, K. van der Beek

Mr. Hirooki Saitoh, Seikei University
"Mechanism of Fomation of Flake Tip in Friction Force Microscopy"
Hirooki Saitoh, Kazuki Terada, Noriaki Itamura, Kouji Miura , Naruo Sasaki

Mr. Kazutoshi Oshima, Seikei University
"Simulation of Amplitude Dependence of Dynamic Lateral Mode Atomic Force Microscopy Images"
Kazutoshi Oshima, Shigeki Kawai, Hideki Kawakatu, Noriaki Itamura, Naruo Sasaki

Ms. Mika Kawata, Seikei University
"Analysis of Rotation of C60 in Graphite/C60/Graphite Interface"
Mika Kawata, Ryuichi Hasegawa, Noriaki Itamura, Kouji Miura, Naruo Sasaki