Load induced microstructure evolution and friction in an organic monolayer self-assembled on a silicon substrate

Tribology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-188

  Khatri, Om P ^a,b   Biswas, Sanjay K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFM; Domains; Friction; Heterogeneous monolayer

Indexed keywords

AFM; AREA FRACTIONS; DOMAINS; FRICTION FORCES; HETEROGENEOUS MONOLAYER; HIGH LOADS; LATERAL FORCES; LOAD RANGES; LOW LOADS; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; NORMAL LOADS; OCTADECYLTRICHLOROSILANE MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC MONOLAYERS; PHYSICAL CHANGES; PHYSICAL STATES; SCAN AREAS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; TIP LOADS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FRICTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILANES; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; TRIBOLOGY;

LOADS (FORCES);

EID: 56749091792     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-008-9378-2     Document Type: Article

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