The structural origin of the complex rheology in thin dodecane films: Three routes to low friction

Tribology International

Volumn 40, Issue 10-12 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1574-1586

  Jabbarzadeh, A ^a   Harrowell, Peter ^b   Tanner, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low friction; Micro nano scale friction; Roughness effects; Shear induced alignment; Surface alignment and twist; Ultra thin film lubrication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FRICTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

LUBRICANT FILMS; MOLECULAR LAYERS; SHEAR INDUCED ALIGNMENT;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 34548173883     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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