Friction and atomic-layer-scale wear of graphitic lubricants on SiC(0001) in dry sliding

Wear

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 78-81

  Wählisch, Felix ^a   Hoth, Judith ^a   Held, Christian ^a   Seyller, Thomas ^b   Bennewitz, Roland ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Nanotribology; Sliding friction; Sliding wear; Surface topography; Tribophysics

Indexed keywords

AFM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); GRAPHITIC LAYERS; LINEAR RELATION; MICROTRIBOMETER; SLIDING FRICTION; SLIDING WEAR; TRIBO-PHYSICS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOTRIBOLOGY; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

EID: 84875259212     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2013.01.108     Document Type: Article

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