US chemists are smoothing the path of the nanotechnology revolution, David Adam reports.
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Adam, D. Nano-lubrication: facts and friction. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news001207-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news001207-7