Atomic scale friction

C. M. Mate, Atomic Scale Friction, in Handbook of MicrolNano Tribology, B. Bhushan, ed., CRC Press, 1995. 

Mate C M, Erlandsson R, McClelland G M and Chiang S 1987 Atomic-scale friction of a tungsten tip on a graphite surface Phys. Rev. Lett. 59 1942... 

Erlandsson R, Hadzioannou G, Mate M, McClelland G and Chiang S 1988 Atomic scale friction between the muscovite mica cleavage plane and a tungsten tip J. Chem. Phys. 89 5190... 

Flu J, Xiao X-D, Ogletree D F and Salmeron M 1995 Atomic scale friction and wear of mica Surf. Sc/. 327 358... 

The adhesion term is a primary contribution in most cases of atomic-scale friction since a typical external pressure is in the order of 10 MPa while the internal van der Waals pressure is estimated as 1 GPa when using a t5q)ical Hamaker constant. The adhesion term should be also considered as a function of the applied normal load because it is inversely proportional to the mean space Dq, which is dependent on the external pressure. 

Ruan, J. and Bhushan, B., Atomic-Scale Friction Measurements Using Friction Force Microscopy Part 1. General Principles and New Measurement Techniques, ASME J. Tribol., Vol. 116,1994, pp. 378-388. 

Investigation of the Atomic-Scale Friction and Energy Dissipation in Diamond using Molecular Dynamics. 

Harrison JA, White CT, Colton RJ, Brenner DW (1992) Molecular-dynamics simulatimi of atomic-scale friction of diamond surfaces. Phys Rev B 46 9700-9708... 

Gao G, Cannara RJ, Carpick RW, Harrison JA (2007) Atomic-scale friction on diamtmd a comparison of different sliding directions on (001) and (111) surfaces using MD and AFM. Langmuir 23 5394—5405... 

Merkle (5) conveniently divided molecular- and nano-scale simulations into two categories - those which rely on force-field based molecular-mechanics methods (no explicit electronic information) which are utilized for modeling nano-machines, and those that are quantum based, which are suitable for nano-electronic components and devices. Force field methods have been enq)loyed to simulate numerous nano-mechanical phenomena and conq)onents including Drexler-Merkle gears and neon pumps (6), carbon nanotube based gears (7), atomic-scale friction (8) and semiconductor nanostructures (9). 

A novel hybrid molecular simulation technique was developed to simulate AFM over experimental timescales. This method combines a dynamic element model for the tip-cantilever system in AFM and an MD relaxation approach for the sample. The hybrid simulation technique was applied to investigate the atomic scale friction and adhesion properties of SAMs as a function of chain length [81], The Ryckaert-Bellmans potential, harmonic potential, and Lennard-Jones potential were used. The Ryckaert-Bellmans potential, which is for torsion, has the form... 

Atomic Scale Friction From Basic Characteristics to Control... 

K.B. Jinesh, J.W.M. Frenken, Capillary condensation in atomic scale friction how water acts like a glue. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(16), 166103 (2006)... 

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