Bistability and hysteresis in the sliding friction of a dimer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Goncalves S ^a,b   Fusco, C ^a,c   Bishop, A R ^d   Kenkre, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 29744434392     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.195418     Document Type: Article

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