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Combining electron and force microscopy allows the observation of atomic-loss processes during sliding, challenging the classical laws of wear-rate prediction.

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Figure 1: Experimental observation and theoretical concept of atomic wear.

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  1. Andre Schirmeisen is in the Institute of Applied Physics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany,

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Schirmeisen, A. One atom after the other. Nature Nanotech 8, 81–82 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.4

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