Mechanism of atomic friction

T. Gyalog; M. Bammerlin; R. Lüthi; E. Meyer; Thomas R Huser

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/31/5-6/004

Mechanism of atomic friction

T. Gyalog, M. Bammerlin, R. Lüthi, E. Meyer, Thomas R Huser

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Abstract

We discuss recent results on atomic friction at clean atomically flat surfaces obtained by atomic-force microscopy in terms of a simple two-dimensional model. Instabilities of the tip position give rise to irreversible jumps which are responsible for the occurrence of friction. The model calculations are in good agreement with the experimental observations. We propose a method for the reconstruction of the lateral atomic force field from measured data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	269-274
Number of pages	6
Journal	Europhysics Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/31/5-6/004
State	Published - Aug 10 1995
Externally published	Yes

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Gyalog, T., Bammerlin, M., Lüthi, R., Meyer, E., & Huser, T. R. (1995). Mechanism of atomic friction. Europhysics Letters, 31(5-6), 269-274. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/31/5-6/004

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