Correlation between probe shape and atomic friction peaks at graphite step edges

Tribology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-57

  Dong, Yalin ^a   Liu, Xin Z ^b   Egberts, Philip ^b   Ye, Zhijiang ^c   Carpick, Robert W ^b   Martini, Ashlie ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Embedded Systems and Automation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Atomic friction; Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FRICTION; ATOMIC SCALE FRICTIONS; LATERAL FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOSCALE TIP; REAL-TIME MONITOR; SIZE AND SHAPE; TIP GEOMETRY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FRICTION; GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBES;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 84875218464     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-0072-z     Document Type: Article

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