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Atomic-scale friction of a tungsten tip on a graphite surface
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Using an atomic force microscope, we have observed atomic-scale features on the frictional force acting on a tungsten wire tip sliding on the basal plane of a graphite surface at low loads, ${<10}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}4}$ N. The atomic features have the periodicity of the graphite surface and are discussed in terms of a phenomenological model for the tip motion described by the sum of a periodic tip-surface force and the spring force exerted by the wire.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mate, C. M., McClelland, G. M., Erlandsson, R., & Chiang, S.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1987-10-26
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 1942-1945
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1965203667
- Cited by
- 1,763
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 17.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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