Nano-tribological study on the smoothness of writing with a ball-point pen using friction force microscopy

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-153

  Okuo, Hiroyasu ^a   Asahi, Toru ^b   Onoue, Takahiro ^b   Osaka, Tetsuya ^b  

^a Department of R and D   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; FRICTION; LUBRICANTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BEARING MATERIALS; FRICTION FORCE MICROSCOPY (FFM); TRIBOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

INK; LUBRICATING AGENT; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; WRITING;

EID: 33750526465     PISSN: 00092673     EISSN: 13480634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.79.149     Document Type: Article

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