Origin of friction in films of horizontally oriented carbon nanotubes sliding against diamond

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1693-1700

  Mylvaganam, Kausala ^a   Zhang, L C ^b   Xiao, K Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LATTICES; ATOMICALLY SMOOTH SURFACES; CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES; FRICTION MECHANISMS; LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ORIENTED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON FILMS; DIAMOND FILMS; DIAMONDS; FRICTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLID LUBRICANTS; TRIBOLOGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 64749098486     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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