Structural lubricity under ambient conditions

Autor: Ebru Cihan, Semran İpek, Engin Durgun, Mehmet Z. Baykara
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12055
Popis: Structural lubricity—referring to ultralow levels of friction between atomically flat, incommensurate surfaces—has previously been observed under ultrahigh vacuum. Here, the authors report structural lubricity at gold-graphite interfaces under ambient conditions and on mesoscopic scales.
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