Superlubricity of dry nanocontacts

Gnecco E, Maier S, Meyer E (2008)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2008

Journal

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Institute of Physics: Hybrid Open Access

Book Volume: 20

Article Number: 354004

Journal Issue: 35

DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/35/354004

Abstract

We discuss how various forms of dry superlubricity, recently observed on the nanoscale, have been interpreted by simple phenomenological models. In particular, we review the cases of static and dynamic single-contact lubricity, thermolubricity, and structural lubricity. All these phenomena have been studied by friction force microscopy and explained using the classical Prandtl-Tomlinson model and its extensions, including thermal activation, temporal and spatial variations of the surface energy corrugation, and multiple-contact effects. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sabine Maier Professur für Experimentalphysik (Rastersondenmikroskopie)

Involved external institutions

Universität Basel CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Gnecco, E., Maier, S., & Meyer, E. (2008). Superlubricity of dry nanocontacts. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20(35). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/35/354004

MLA:

Gnecco, Enrico, Sabine Maier, and Ernst Meyer. "Superlubricity of dry nanocontacts." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20.35 (2008).

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