Friction, wear, and aging of an alkoxy-monolayer boundary lubricant on silicon

Tribology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-213

  Goertz, M P ^a   Zhu, X Y ^a   Houston, J E ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary lubrication friction; Mems devices; Nanotribology; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LUBRICATION FRICTION; MEMS DEVICES;

LUBRICANTS; MEMS; NANOTRIBOLOGY; SILICON;

MONOLAYERS;

LUBRICANTS; MEMS; MONOLAYERS; NANOTRIBOLOGY; SILICON;

EID: 43949125158     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-008-9328-z     Document Type: Article

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