Frictional properties of bilayered mixed lubricant films on an amorphous carbon surface: Effect of alkyl chain length and SAM/PFPE portion

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 191-200

  Choi, Junho ^a   Morishita, Hiroshi ^b   Kato, Takahisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonded; Durability; Friction; Mixed lubricant; Mobile; Perfluoropolyether; Self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISORPTION; DURABILITY; FRICTION; LUBRICANTS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

BONDED; MIXED LUBRICANT; MOBILE; PERFLUOROPOLYETHER;

CARBON;

EID: 1942517789     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.01.022     Document Type: Article

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