Measurement of single-molecule frictional dissipation in a prototypical nanoscale system

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 561-564

  Hedgeland, H ^a   Fouquet, P ^b   Jardine, A P ^a   Alexandrowicz, G ^a,c   Allison, W ^a   Ellis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BENZENE; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPIN POLARIZATION;

BENZENE MOLECULES; FRICTIONAL COUPLINGS; FRICTIONAL DAMPING; FRICTIONAL DISSIPATION; GRAPHITE SURFACES; NANOSCALE FRICTION; SPIN ECHO TECHNIQUES; SPIN-ECHO SPECTROSCOPY;

FRICTION;

EID: 68749114985     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1335     Document Type: Letter

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