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Friction, wear and lubrication between materials in contact are of fundamental importance in many pure and applied sciences. Owing to the development of experimental and computer-simulation techniques for studying these phenomena at the atomic scale, an understanding is beginning to emerge of the molecular mechanisms of tribology in thin films and at surfaces.
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Bhushan, B., Israelachvili, J. & Landman, U. Nanotribology: friction, wear and lubrication at the atomic scale. Nature 374, 607–616 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/374607a0
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