Super-low friction between centimetre-long concentric carbon nanotubes has been observed in ambient conditions.
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Urbakh, M. Towards macroscale superlubricity. Nature Nanotech 8, 893–894 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.244
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