Nanoscopic friction as a probe of local phase transitions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Szoszkiewicz, Robert ^a   Riedo, Elisa ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION FORCES; GAS-LIQUID PHASE DIAGRAM; NANOSCOPIC FRICTION; NANOSCOPIC-TIP SAMPLE CONTACTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TUNING;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 24144485912     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1995954     Document Type: Article

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