Effect of normal load and roughness on the nanoscale friction coefficient in the elastic and plastic contact regime

• Aditya Kumar,
• Thorsten Staedler and
• Xin Jiang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 66–71, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.7

• indenter and decreases with roughness. Distinct differences between the present experimental results and the existing theoretical models/predictions are discussed. Keywords: nanoindentation; nanotribology; scratch testing; surface roughness; Introduction Understanding the contact phenomena underlying