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Book:-

  • S. K. Sinha, (Editor), Scratching of Materials and Applications, 2006, Elsevier, Netherlands. (ISBN 0-444-52880-6)(series editor: Brian J. Briscoe)

  • S. K. Sinha and B. J. Briscoe, (Editors), Polymer Tribology, 2009, Imperial College Press, UK. (ISBN 978-1-84816-202-0 & 978-1-84816-202-2)

  • S. K. Sinha, Engineering Materials in Mechanical Design, RPS Singapore (ISBN 978-981-08-2314-6).

  • S. K. Sinha, N. Satyanarayana, Seh Chun Lim (Eds.), Nano-tribology and Materials in MEMS, 2013, Springer. (ISBN 978-3-642-36934-6)

Journal papers and book chapters:-

  • E. Ng, S K Sinha, A Narayan, N Satyanarayana, C Lim, Tribological Performances of ZDDP and AshlessTriphenylPhosphorothionate (TPPT) Additives in Base Oil for Cr-N Coated Steel. Manuscript accepted by Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces on 26 February 2014.

  • Yemei Liu, Keldren X. Z. Loy, Christina Lim and S. K. Sinha, Pre-polishing the metal counterface of metal-UHMWPE wear pair with filler filled UHMWPE composites to generate counterface changes to have an effective reduction in pure UHMWPE wear, Tribology Letters, 53(1) (2014) 11-16.)

  • Yemei Liu and S. K. Sinha, Mechanical and tribological properties of PEEK particle-filled UHMWPE composites: The role of counterface morphology change in dry sliding wear, J. Reinforced Plastics & Composites, 2013 (accepted).

  • PrabakaranSaravanan, NalamSatyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Wear Durability Study on Self-lubricating SU-8 composites with perfluoropolyther, multiply-alkylated cyclopentane and base oil as the fillers, Tribology International, 64 (2013) 103-115.

  • Edward Ng and S. K. Sinha, Effects of Antiwear Additives in the base oil on the tribological performance of Hydrogen-free DLC Coating, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology (accepted).

  • Leong Y. Jonathan, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, A tribological study of Multiply-Alkylated Cyclopentanes and Perfluoropolyether lubricants for application to Si-MEMS devices, Tribology Letters.

  • Yemei Liu and S. K. Sinha, Wear performances and wear mechanism study of bulk UHMWPE composites with nacre and CNT fillers and PFPE overcoat, WEAR (accepted).

  • Kia Hian Lau, ArchitGiridhar, SekarHarikrishnan, NalamSatyanarayana and Sujeet K. Sinha, Releasing high aspect ratio SU-8 microstructures using AZ photoresist as a sacrificial layer on metallized Si substrates, Microsystem Technologies 2013.

  • Xiaosong Tang, Yee Loke, Pin Lu, Sujeet Sinha, and S. O'Shea, Friction measurement on free standing plates using atomic force microscopy, Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (2013) 013702.

  • EhsanRismani, M. Abdul Samad, Sujeet K. Sinha, Reuben Yeo, Hyunsoo Yang, and C. Singh Bhatia, Ultrathin Si/C graded layer to improve tribological properties of Co magnetic films, Applied Physics Letters, 101 (2012) 191601.

  • L. Dai, N. Satyanarayana, Sujeet K. Sinha, V.B.C. Tan, Analysis of PFPE Lubricating Film in NEMS Application via Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Tribology International, 60 (2013) 53-57.

  • SandarMyoMyint, MyoMinn, RenYaping, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha, and Charanjit S. Bhatia, Friction and wear durability studies on the 3D negative fingerprint and honeycomb textured SU-8 surfaces, Tribology International, 60 (2013) 187-197.

  • J. Y. Leong, T. Reddyhoff, S. K. Sinha, A. S. Holmes, H. A. Spikes, Hydrodynamic Friction Reduction in a MAC-Hexadecane Lubricated MEMS Contact, Tribology Letters, 49 (1) (2013) 217-225.

  • PrabakaranSaravanan, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Self-lubricating SU-8 Nanocomposites for micromechanical systems applications, Tribology Letters 49(1) (2013) 169-178.

  • MyoMinn and S. K. Sinha, The lubrication of poly(etheretherketone) by an aqueous solution of nattokinase, WEAR, 296 (1-2) (2012) 528-535.

  • Keldren X. Z. Loy and S. K. Sinha, Lubrication of Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) surface by liquid ultrathin films for high wear durability, WEAR, 296 (1-2) (2012) 681-692.

  • B. Panjwani and S. K. Sinha, Tribology and hydrophobicity of a biocompatible GPTMS/PFPE coating on Ti6Al4V surfaces, J. of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 15 (2012) 103-111.

  • E. Rismani-Yazdi, S.K. Sinha, H. Yang, S. Tripathy, and C. S. Bhatia, "Development of a ta-C wear resistant coating with composite interlayer for recording heads of magnetic tape drives" Tribology letters, Volume 46, Number 3 (2012), 221-232

  • E. Rismani-Yazdi, S. K. Sinha, S Tripathy, H Yang and C. S. Bhatia, Effect of pre-treatment of Si interlayer by energetic C+ ions on the tribo-mechanical properties of amorphous carbon/head substrate, Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 084902 (2012).

  • H. Yu, G. Zhou, S. K. Sinha and F. S. Chau, Development of self-aligning two-stage co-delivery microchannel network, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol. 161, Issue 1 (2012) 769-774.

  • Raju Gupta, B. Panjwani, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and M. P. Srinivasan, Ultrathin PFPE film systems fabricated by covalent assembly: an application to tribology, Tribology Letters, Vol. 45 (2012) Pages 371–378.

  • Dai Ling, MyoMinn, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and Vincent Tan, Identifying the mechanisms of polymer friction through molecular dynamics simulation, Langmuir, 27 (24)(2011) pp 14861–14867.

  • R. A. Singh, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Surface chemical modification for exception wear life of MEMS materials, AIP Advances,1, 042141 (2011).

  • MyoMinn, NalamSatyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and Hirofumi Kondo, Microtribological study of PFPE with different functional groups coated on hydrogen terminated Si, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 258, Issue 7 (2012) Pages 2350– 55.

  • Abdul Samad M. and S. K. Sinha, Mechanical, thermal and tribological characterization of a UHMWPE film reinforced with carbon nanotubes coated on steel, Tribology International, Vol. 44, Issue 12 (2011) 1932-1941.

  • Nam BengTay, M. Minn and S. K. Sinha, A tribological study of SU-8 micro-dot patterns printed on Si surface in a flat-on-flat reciprocating sliding test, Tribology Letters, Vol 167 (2011) 167-176.

  • M. Abdul Samad, Yang Hyunsoo, S. K. Sinha and C. S. Bhatia, Effect of carbon embedding on the tribological properties of magnetic media surface with and without a perfluropolyether (PFPE) layer, J. Physics D: Appl. Phys., (2011) vol. 44, No. 31, 315301.

  • M. Abdul Samad, E. Rismani, Yang Hyunsoo, S. K. Sinha and C. S. Bhatia, Overcoat free surface modification for lower magnetic spacing and improved tribological properties for higher areal densities, Tribology Letters, Volume 43, Issue 3 (2011), Page 247-256.

  • H. Yu, G. Zhou, X. Chew, S. K. Sinha and F. S. Chau., Nano-tribometer integrated with a nano-photonic displacement-sensing mechanism, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 21 (2011) 065014.

  • M. Abdul Samad and S. K. Sinha, Effects of counterface material and UV radiation on the tribological performance of a UHMWPE/CNT nanocomposite coating on steel substrates, WEAR, 271 (2011) 2759-2765.

  • Y.K. Yew, M. Myo, S.K. Sinha, V.B.C. Tan, Molecular simulation of the frictional behavior of polymer-on-polymer sliding, Langmuir, Vol. 27 (10) (2011) pp 5891–5898.

  • Y. J. Man, B. Liu, S. B. Hu, Y. S. Ma, K. D. Ye, S. K. Sinha and S. C. Lim, Characterization of slider-lubricant interaction with tribo-current, Microsystem Technologies, Vol. 17, No. 5-7 (2011) 1003-1007.

  • Hongbin Yu, Guangya Zhou, FookSiongChau and S. K. Sinha, Soft lithography replication based on PDMS partial curing, Microsystem Technologies, Volume 17, Number 3 (2011) 443-449.

  • Nam BengTay, M. Minn and S. K. Sinha, Polymer jet printing of SU-8 micro-dot patterns on Si surface: Optimization of tribological properties, Tribology Letters, Volume 42, Number 2, 215-222.

  • B Panjwani, N Satyanarayana, S K Sinha, Tribological characterization of a biocompatible thin film of UHMWPE on Ti6Al4V and the effects of PFPE as top lubricating layer, J. of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (accepted).

  • E. Rismani-Yazdi, S. K. Sinha, S Tripathy, H Yang and C. S. Bhatia, Effect of pre-treatment of the surface by energetic C+ ion bombardment on structure and nano-tribological characteristics of ultrathin tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) protective coatings, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 44 (2011) 115502.

  • M. Abdul Samad and S. K. Sinha, Dry and boundary lubrication performance of a UMWPE/CNTs nanocomposite coating on steel substrates at elevated temperatures, WEAR, 270 (2011) 395–402.

  • R. Arvind Singh, L. Siyuan, N. Satyanarayana, T.S. Kustandi and Sujeet K. Sinha, Bio-Inspired Polymeric Patterns with Enhanced Wear Durability for Microsystems Applications, Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol. 31 (2011) 1577–1583.

  • R. Arvind Singh, N. Satyanarayana, T.S. Kustandi and Sujeet K. Sinha, Tribo-Functionalizing Si and SU8 Materials by Surface Modification for Application in MEMS/NEMS Actuator-Based Devices, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44 (2011) 015301.

  • S. K. Sinha, Ultra-thin Polymer Coatings Work Wonder in War on Wear, Egineering Research News, Vol. 25 No. 2 (June 2010).

  • Yu Hongbin, Zhou Guangya, S. K. Sinha, Leong Yonghui Jonathan and ChauFookSiong, Characterization and reduction of MEMS sidewall friction using novel microtribometer localized lubrication method, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 20, Issue 4 (2011) 991-1000.

  • MyoMinn, Yanadi S. G. Soentanto, S. K. Sinha, Tribology properties of ultra-thin functionalized polyethylene film chemisorbed on Si with an intermediate benzophenone layer, Tribology Letters, Vol. 41 (2011) 217-226.

  • L. Y. Jonathan, V. Harikumar, N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha, Localized lubrication of micromachines: a feasibility study on si in reciprocating sliding with PFPE as the lubricant, WEAR, 270 (2010) 19-31.

  • H. Yu, G. Zhou, S. K. Sinha and F. S. Chau, Scanning grating based in-plane movement sensing, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 20 (2010) 085007.

  • Abdul Samad M. and S. K. Sinha, Nanocomposite UHMWPE-CNT polymer coatings for boundary lubrication on aluminium substrates, Tribology Letters, Vol. 38 (2010) 301-311.

  • Y. Hongbin, Z. Guangya, S. K. Sinha, F. S. Chau and S. Wang, Lens integrated with self-aligned variable aperture using pneumatic actuation method, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 159, Issue 1 (2010) 105-110.

  • MyoMinn and S. K. Sinha, Tribology of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene film on Si substrate with chromium nitride, titanium nitride and diamond like carbon as intermediate layers, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 518, Issue 14 (2010) 3830-3836.

  • MyoMinn and S. K. Sinha, The frictional behavior of UHMWPE films with different surface energies at low normal loads, WEAR, Vol. 268 (2010)1030-1036.

  • TanuSuryadiKustandi, JianHueiChoo, Hong Yee Low and S. K. Sinha, Texturing of UHMWPE Surface via NIL for Low Friction and Wear Properties, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 43 (2010) 015301.

  • Yijun Man, Bo Liu, Yansheng Ma, Sujeet K. Sinha, and Seh Chun Lim, Slider–Lubricant Interaction and Corresponding Tribocurrent, IEEE Transactions on magnetics, Vol. 45, No. 11 (2009) 5069-5072

  • Abdul Samad M, SatyanarayanaNalam and S. K. Sinha, Effect of Air-plasma pre-treatment of Si substrate on adhesion strength and tribological properties of a UHMWPE film, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol. 24 (2010) 2557–2570.

  • Abdul Samad M, SatyanarayanaNalam and S. K. Sinha, Tribology of UHMWPE film on air-plasma treated tool steel and the effect of PFPE overcoat, Surface & Coatings Technology, 204 (2010) 1330-1338.

  • N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and S. C. Lim, Highly wear resistant chemisorbed polar UHMWPE thin film on Si surface for micro systems application, J. Materials Research, Vol. 24, No. 11 (2009) 3331-3337.

  • S. K. Sinha, Robin Pang and Xiaosong Tang, Application of micro-ball bearing on Si for high rolling life-cycle, Tribology International, Volume 43, Issues 1-2, January-February 2010, Pages 178-187.

  • MyoMinn and S. K. Sinha, Molecular orientation, crystallinity, and topographical changes in sliding and their frictional effects for UHMPWE film, Tribology Letters, 34 (2) (2009) 133-140.

  • N. Satyanarayana, K. H. Lau and S. K. Sinha, Nano-lubrication of poly (methyl methacrylate) films on Si for micro-electro mechanical systems applications, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93 (2008) 261906.

  • S. K. Sinha, Tingwan Song, Xuefei Wan and Yuejin Tong, Scratch and Normal Hardness Characteristics of Polyamide 6/Nano-Clay Composite, Wear, 266 (2009) 814-821.

  • V. N. Sekhar, T. C. Chai, S. Balakumar, L. Shen, S. K. Sinha, A. A. O. Tay, S. W. Yoon, Influence of thickness on nanomechanical behavior of Black Diamond™ low dielectric thin films for interconnect and packaging applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Vol 20, No. 1 (2009) 74-86.

  • M. Minn and S. K. Sinha, Tribology of UHMWPE thin films on Si with interfacial layers and modifications, in Polymer Tribology (Eds. S. K. Sinha and B. J. Briscoe), 2008, Imperial College Press, pp. 660-688.

  • N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Tribological studies of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) thin-films on silicon surface, in Polymer Tribology (Eds. S. K. Sinha and B. J. Briscoe), 2008, Imperial College Press, pp. 629-659.

  • H. M. Leung and S. K. Sinha, Scratch and indentation tests on seashells, Tribology International, 42(1) (2009) 40-49.

  • M. Minn, J. Y. Leong and S. K. Sinha, Effects of interfacial energy modification on the tribology of UHMWPE coated Si, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (2008) 055307.

  • M. Minn and S. K. Sinha, DLC and UHMWPE as hard/soft composite film on Si for improved tribological performance, Surface and Coatings Technology, 202 (2008) 3698-3708.

  • N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, S. J. O'Shea, Squeeze-out of branched alkanes on graphite, Physical Review Letters, 100 (2008) 076101.

  • S. K. Sinha, Catherine B. Lee, S. C. Lim, Tribological performance of UHMWPE and PFPE coated films on aluminium surface, Tribology Letters, 29(3)(2008) 193-199.

  • N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, M. P. Srinivasan and S. J. O'Shea, Effect of surrounding media on resistance of a molecular monolayer junction, J. Physical Chemistry C, 112 (1) (2008) 297 -302.

  • N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and L. Shen, Effect of molecular structure on friction and wear of polymer thin films deposited on Si surface, Tribology Letters, 28(2007)71-80.

  • S. K. Sinha and B. J. Briscoe, Tribological Applications of polymers and their composites - Past, Present and Future Prospects, in Tribology of Polymeric Nanocomposites (Eds. Klaus Friedrich and Alois K. Schlarb), Tribology and Interface Engineering Series, No. 55, (2008)(Series Editor - B. J. Briscoe), Elsevier, pp. 1-14.

  • S. R. Puniredd, K. W. Yang, M. P. Srinivasan, N. Satyanarayana and S. K. Sinha, Tribological properties of nanoparticle laden ultrathin films formed by molecular assembly, Langmuir , 23(2007) 8299-8303.

  • N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha, WulfHofbauer, and S. J. O'Shea, Solvation and squeeze out of hexadecane on graphite, J. Chemical Physics, 126 (2007) 214708.

  • N. Satyanarayana, K. S. SkandeshRajan, S. K. Sinha and Shen Lu, Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polyimide Thin-film for High Wear Durability, Tribology Letters, 27 (2007) 181-188.

  • N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and M. P. Srinivasan, Tribology of ultra-thin self assembled films on Si - the role of PFPE as a top mobile layer, in The Role of Surfactants in Tribology (Eds. Kash Mittal and GirmaBiresaw), Marcel Dekker publishers, USA (2008) pp. 111-132.

  • N. Satyanarayana, N. N. Gosvami, S. K. Sinha and M. P. Srinivasan, Friction, adhesion and wear durability of an ultra-thin PFPE-coated 3-Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxy silane self-assembled monolayer on a Si surface, Philosophical Magazine, 87 (22) (2007) 3209-3227.

  • S. K. Sinha, W. L. M. Chong and S. C. Lim, Scratching of polymers, Modelling abrasive wear, Wear, 262 (2007) 1038-1047.

  • MyoMinn, S. K Sinha, S.-K Lee and H. Kondo, High-speed tribology of PFPEs with different functional groups and molecular weights coated on DLC, Tribology Letters, Vol. 24, No. 1 (2006) 67-76.

  • S. K. Sinha, Scratching of polymers: Deformation mapping and Wear modeling, Chapter 6 in Scratching of Materials & Applications (Ed. S. K. Sinha), Elsevier, Netherlands, 2006, pp. 124-135.

  • S. K. Sinha and B. J. Briscoe, 2006, Surface mechanical damage and wear of polymers, chapter in Encyclopedia of Polymers Science and Technology. John Wiley & Sons (published online on Jan 13, 2006) (pages 1-26)(DOI: 10.1002/0471440264.pst550)

  • S. K. Sinha, S-L Thia and L. C. Lim, A new tribometer for friction drives, Wear 262 (2007) 55-63.

  • S. Guddati, J. Zhang, S. K. Sinha and S. M. Hsu, (2006)Nanotribology: Characterization of patterned lubricant films on magnetic hard disks, Tribology Letters, 21(3) (2006) 253-261.

  • N. Satyanarayana, S. K. Sinha and Boon Hong Ong, Tribology of a novel UHMWPE/PFPE dual-film on Si surface, Sensors and Actuators A Physical, Vol. 128, Issue 1 (2006) 98-108.

 
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