John A. Barnard

 

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

842 Benedum Hall

412-624-4963, 8069(fax)

jbarnard@engr.pitt.edu

http://www.engr.pitt.edu/materials/people/facstaff/barnard_john.html

 

 

John Barnard's research interests include processing / structure / property (magnetic, electronic, mechanical) relations in thin films and nanocomposites, materials for ultra-high density data storage (‘read’ and ‘write’ heads, magnetic storage media, protective coatings, lubricants, etc.), nano-tribology, scanning probe microscopy, wetting, adhesion, surface/interface characterization, molecular self-assembly, and hybrid (organic/inorganic) materials.  More recently, his group has become interested in the implications of nanoscience and ‘nanomanufacturing’ for society and the environment and is now working in the area of nano-filtration and membrane technology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

(clockwise from top-left):Charge storage in nanocomposite cobalt-silica film; self-assembled dendrimer domains; scalloped molecular ring formed by evaporation of microdroplets; nanoscratch path on a 10 nm thick Cu film.