The effect of atomic-scale roughness on the adhesion of nanoscale asperities: A combined simulation and experimental investigation

Tribology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-93

  Jacobs, Tevis D B ^a   Ryan, Kathleen E ^b   Keating, Pamela L ^b   Grierson, David S ^c   Lefever, Joel A ^a   Turner, Kevin T ^a   Harrison, Judith A ^b   Carpick, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c SysteMECH LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; AFM; Diamond; Diamond like carbon; In situ TEM; Molecular dynamics simulation; Nanotribology; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

AFM; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; IN-SITU TEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; ULTRA-NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND;

ATOMS; DIAMONDS; IN SITU PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTRIBOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADHESION;

EID: 84875218043     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-0097-3     Document Type: Article

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