Surface topography and contact mechanics of dry and wet human skin

• Alexander E. Kovalev,
• Kirstin Dening,
• Bo N. J. Persson and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1341–1348, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.147

• defined only when a combination of both AFM and optical methods is used for power spectrum calculation. Keywords: contact mechanics; interface fluid; roughness power spectrum; skin tribology; Introduction The tribology of human skin is of great importance in sports, medicine, and cosmetics [1][2]. It is