Exploring lubrication regimes at the nanoscale: Nanotribological characterization of silica and polymer brushes in viscous solvents

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 10149-10158

  Nalam, Prathima C ^a,b   Ramakrishna, Shivaprakash N ^a   Espinosa Marzal, Rosa M ^a   Spencer, Nicholas D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION MEASUREMENTS; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOTRIBOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NANOTRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR-THINNING EFFECTS; SILICA-SILICA CONTACTS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; DENDRIMERS; DEXTRAN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FRICTION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; MIXTURES; NANOTRIBOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER FILMS; SHEAR FLOW; SILICA; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84881586645     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la402148b     Document Type: Article

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