On the application of transition state theory to atomic-scale wear

Tribology Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-271

  Jacobs, Tevis D B ^a   Gotsmann, Bernd ^b   Lantz, Mark A ^b   Carpick, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AFM; Contact mechanics; Nanotribology; Unlubricated wear; Wear mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION VOLUME; AFM; ARRHENIUS-TYPE EQUATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; ATOMIC SCALE; CONTACT MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; FINAL STATE; REACTION RATE THEORY; SLIDING VELOCITIES; SURFACE MODIFICATION; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; TRANSITION STATE THEORIES; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; UNLUBRICATED WEAR; WEAR BEHAVIORS; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEAR REGIMES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICS; NANOTRIBOLOGY; REACTION RATES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ATOMS;

EID: 77956735816     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-010-9635-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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