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Towards the Ideal Nano-Friction Experiment

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Fundamentals of Tribology and Bridging the Gap Between the Macro- and Micro/Nanoscales

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The invention of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has opened the way to the investigation of the fundamental aspects of friction for extremely small contacts, with characteristic length scales into the (sub)nanometer regime, both perpendicular and parallel to the plane of contact (Bhushan et al., 1995). By putting the AFM in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) and preparing atomically clean surfaces and AFM-tips, one can carry out model experiments on atomic-scale contact formation and friction either in the complete absence of intervening lubricants or with highly idealized model lubricant monolayers.

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  1. Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J.W.M. Frenken, M. Dienwiebel & E. De Kuyper

  2. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375-5342, USA

    J.A. Heimberg

  3. DIMES, Delft University of Technology, 2600, GB, Delft, The Netherlands

    T. Zijlstra & E. Van Der Drift

  4. FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098, SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    D.J. Spaanderman

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Frenken, J. et al. (2001). Towards the Ideal Nano-Friction Experiment. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Fundamentals of Tribology and Bridging the Gap Between the Macro- and Micro/Nanoscales. NATO Science Series, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0736-8_9

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