Current trends in the physics of nanoscale friction
arXiv:1712.06355 · doi:10.1080/23746149.2017.1330123
Abstract
Tribology, which studies surfaces in contact and relative motion, includes friction, wear, and lubrication, straddling across different fields: mechanical engineering, materials science, chemistry, nanoscience, physics. This short review restricts to the last two disciplines, with a qualitative survey of a small number of recent progress areas in the physics of nanofriction.
17 pages, 7 figures