Simulation and experiments on friction and wear of diamond: A material for MEMS and NEMS application

Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 278-284

  Çaǧin, Tahir ^a   Che, Jianwei ^a   Gardos, Michael N ^b   Fijany, Amir ^c   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIAMONDS; FRICTION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (NEMS);

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0344642576     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/10/3/310     Document Type: Article

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