Ultrathin Perfluoropolyether Films—Influence of Anchoring and Mobility of Polymers on the Tribological Properties

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 663-668

  Ruhe J ^a,b   Novotny, V ^a   Clarke, T ^a   Street, G B ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICANTS-SOLID; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0029847709     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2831589     Document Type: Article

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