Strongly Temperature Dependent Sliding Friction for a Superconducting Interface
arXiv:cond-mat/9905264 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.515
Abstract
A sudden drop in mechanical friction, between an adsorbed nitrogen monolayer and a lead substrate, occurs when the lead passes through the superconducting transition temperature. We attribute this effect to a sudden drop at the superconducting transition temperature of the substrate Ohmic heating. The Ohmic heating is due to the electronic screening current that results from the sliding adsorbed film.
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