Friction at atomic-scale surface steps: Experiment and theory

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Hölscher, Hendrik ^a   Ebeling, Daniel ^b   Schwarz, Udo D ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; GRAPHITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; FRICTION FORCE MICROSCOPIES; FRICTIONAL FORCES; LOAD DEPENDENCES; STEP EDGES; SURFACE STEPS; TOMLINSON;

FRICTION;

EID: 57949107977     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.246105     Document Type: Article

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