Atomic-scale friction studies using scanning force microscopy

Modern Tribology Handbook: Volume One: Principles of Tribology

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 641-665

  Schwarz, Udo D ^a   Hölscher, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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