Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale

This book provides an updated review on the development of scanning probe microscopy and related techniques, and the availability of computational techniques not even imaginable a few decades ago. The 36 chapters cover instrumental aspects, theoretical models and selected experimental results, thus offering a broad panoramic view on fundamental issues in nanotribology which are currently being investigated. Compared to the first edition, several topics have been added, including triboluminescence, graphene mechanics, friction and wear in liquid environments, capillary condensation, and multiscale friction modeling. Particular care has been taken to avoid overlaps and guarantee the independence of the chapters. In this way, our book aims to become a key reference on this subject for the next five to ten years to come.

List of contents

Experimental Techniques.- Atomic-Scale Friction.- Multiscale Friction.- Nanomanipulation and Surface Diffusion.- Carbon Materials.- Polymer Friction, Nanowear.- Dissipation Mechanisms at Finite Separations.- Applications.

Summary

This book provides an updated review on the development of scanning probe microscopy and related techniques, and the availability of computational techniques not even imaginable a few decades ago. The 36 chapters cover instrumental aspects, theoretical models and selected experimental results, thus offering a broad panoramic view on fundamental issues in nanotribology which are currently being investigated. Compared to the first edition, several topics have been added, including triboluminescence, graphene mechanics, friction and wear in liquid environments, capillary condensation, and multiscale friction modeling. Particular care has been taken to avoid overlaps and guarantee the independence of the chapters. In this way, our book aims to become a key reference on this subject for the next five to ten years to come.

Product details

• Assisted by: Enric Gnecco (Editor), Enrico Gnecco (Editor), Meyer (Editor), Meyer (Editor), Ernst Meyer (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319330785
• ISBN: 978-3-31-933078-5
• No. of pages: 704
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 294 mm x 39 mm
• Weight: 1112 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 704 p. 360 illus., 37 illus. in color.
• Series: NanoScience and Technology; NanoScience and Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; B, Materialwissenschaft, Chemistry and Materials Science, Other manufacturing technologies, Nanotechnology, Materials science, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nanostructures, Nanoscale science, Nanophysics, Nanoscience, Materials—Surfaces, Surface chemistry & adsorption, Thin films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film, Microsystems and MEMS, Nanotechnology and Microengineering