Thin films of fullerene-like MoS2 nanoparticles with ultra-low friction and wear

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6801, 2000, Pages 164-167

  Chhowalla, Manish ^a   Amaratunga, Gehan A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LUBRICATING AGENT; MOLYBDENUM; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; FILM; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034648767     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35025020     Document Type: Article

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