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Nature Materials 6, 180 - 181 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1854
Nanofriction: Skating on hot surfaces
Ernst Meyer1 and Enrico Gnecco1
- Ernst Meyer and Enrico Gnecco are in the Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. e-mail: ernst.meyer@unibas.ch
Abstract
Simulations of nanoscale sharp tips sliding on a salt surface predict vanishing friction at temperatures close to the melting temperature, as the tip skates on a layer of liquefied salt. This insight opens the way to applications in MEMS, NEMS and auto/aerospace engines.
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