Nanoscience: Friction and Rheology on the Nanometer Scale

Friction force microscopy is an important analytical tool in the field of tribology on the nanometer-scale. The contact area between the probing tip and the sample is reduced to some square nanometers, corresponding to the ideal of a single asperity contact. Traditional concepts, such as friction coefficients, adhesion and elasticity and stick-slip are re-examined with this novel technique. New concepts based upon classical and quantum mechanics are investigated.

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• Authors: Meyer Ernst, Ernst Meyer, Meyer Ernst
• Assisted by: K. Dransfeld (Editor), T. Gyalog (Editor), Tibor Gyalog (Editor), E. Meyer (Editor), Ernst Meyer (Editor), R. M. Overney (Editor)
• Publisher: World Scientific
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics