Rack-and-pinion effects in molecular rolling friction

Philosophical Magazine Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Braun, Oleg M ^a,b   Tosatti, Erio ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fullerenes; Nanotribology; Rolling friction

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; SUBSTRATES; TRIBOLOGY;

APPLYING PRESSURE; COMMON SENSE; EFFECTIVE MATCHING; FULLERENES; MODEL SIMULATIONS; NANOTRIBOLOGY; PINION-RACK; RACK AND PINION SYSTEMS; ROLLING FRICTION; SPHERICAL MOLECULES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 49249096077     PISSN: 09500839     EISSN: 13623036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500830802255642     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. R.P. Feynman, Eng. Sci. 23 (1960) p.22.
2. K.E. Drexler, Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation, Wiley, New York, 1992.
3. C.M. Mate, Wear 168 (1993) p. 17;
4. G. Luengo, S.E. Campbell, V.I. Srdanov et al., Chem. Mater. 9 (1997) p.1166;
5. S. Okita, M. Ishikawa and K. Miura, Surf. Sci. 442 (1999) p.L959;
6. H. Nakawaga, S. Kibi, M. Tagawa et al., Wear 238 (2000) p.45.
7. Qi Liang, O.K.C. Tsui, Y. Xu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) p. 146102.
8. T. Coffey and J. Krim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) p.186104.
9. S.B. Legoas, R. Giro and D.S. Galvão, Chem. Phys. Lett. 386 (2004) p.425.
10. J.W. Kang and H.J. Hwang, Nanotechnology 15 (2004) p.614.
11. N. Sasaki, N. Itamura, D. Tsuda et al., Current Nanoscience 3 (2007) p.105.
12. D.L. Keeling, M.J. Humphry, R.H.J. Fawcett et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) p. 146104.
13. R. Greenberg, G. Halperin, I. Etsion et al., Tribol. Lett. 17 (2004) p.179.
14. K. Miura, S. Kamiya and N. Sasaki, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) p.55509.
15. P.A. Heiney, J.E. Fischer, A.R. McGhie et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 66 (1991) p.2911;
16. R.D. Johnson, C.S. Yannoni, H.C. Dorn et al., Science 255 (1992) p.1235;
17. W.I.F. David, R.M. Ibberson, T.J.S. Dennis et al., Europhys. Lett. 18 (1992) p.219.
18. O.M. Braun, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) p. 126104.
19. B.N.J. Persson, Sliding Friction: Physical Principles and Applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998.
20. O.M. Braun and A.G. Naumovets, Surf. Sci. Reports 60 (2006) p.79.
21. O.M. Braun and E. Tosatti, to be published in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (2008).