Friction on a single MoS2 nanotube

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jelenc, Janez ^a,b   Remskar, Maja ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Center of Excellence NAMASTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Low friction nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanotubes; Rolling process; Tribology

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRIBOLOGY;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; FRICTION TEST; INTERACTION STRENGTH; INTERCRYSTALLINE; LOW-FRICTION NANOMATERIALS; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; NANO-ONIONS; ROLLING PROCESS;

FRICTION;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84860683013     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-208     Document Type: Article

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