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Studies of probe tip materials by atomic force microscopy: a review

  • Ke Xu and
  • Yuzhe Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1256–1267, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.104

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  • , such as copper, silver, platinum, etc. Thus, it is also possible to prepare electrochemical colloidal probes (eCPs) with other metals. eCPs under electrochemical control of colloidal probes have potential in various research areas such as adhesion science, tribology or long-range interactions. eCPs
  • such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, where the AC potential is applied to eCPs, and where such first tests are promising. Most importantly, eCPs are extremely stable and can be applied to electrochemically controlled tribology or nanoindentation experiments. With these foundations, eCPs will
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Published 03 Nov 2022

Nanoscale friction and wear of a polymer coated with graphene

  • Robin Vacher and
  • Astrid S. de Wijn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 63–73, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.4

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  • Robin Vacher Astrid S. de Wijn Corrosion and tribology, SINTEF, Richard Birkelands vei 2B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway Institutt for maskinteknikk og produksjon, NTNU, Richard Birkelands vei 2B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway 10.3762/bjnano.13.4 Abstract Friction and wear of polymers at the nanoscale is a
  • been studied on the nanoscale due to the added complexity of the polymer, the tribology of which, even without any coatings, is still not well understood [22][23]. In experiments, the tribology of polymer composite materials containing graphene has been studied with the goal of constructing a self
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Published 14 Jan 2022

Quantitative determination of the interaction potential between two surfaces using frequency-modulated atomic force microscopy

  • Nicholas Chan,
  • Carrie Lin,
  • Tevis Jacobs,
  • Robert W. Carpick and
  • Philip Egberts

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 729–739, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.60

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  • representing interactions between mismatched materials, many simulations in tribology and interfacial science also use the LJ potential or potentials based on it [27][28][29][30][31]. However, there is little direct experimental validation of this numerical integration approach. Here, we demonstrate a novel
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Published 06 May 2020

A novel dry-blending method to reduce the coefficient of thermal expansion of polymer templates for OTFT electrodes

  • Xiangdong Ye,
  • Bo Tian,
  • Yuxuan Guo,
  • Fan Fan and
  • Anjiang Cai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 671–677, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.53

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  • prepared via dry blending. Funding This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51475353), the Tribology Science Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Tribology (Grant No. SKLTKF14A02), the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province (Grant No
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Published 20 Apr 2020

Nanoscale spatial mapping of mechanical properties through dynamic atomic force microscopy

  • Zahra Abooalizadeh,
  • Leszek Josef Sudak and
  • Philip Egberts

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1332–1347, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.132

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  • have been several studies, particularly in the field of tribology, that have attributed observations or proposed mechanisms of friction that result from a weaker elastic constant at an atomic step edge [21][24][25]. Despite the number of proposed mechanisms relying on weakened graphite step edges
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Published 03 Jul 2019

Novel reversibly switchable wettability of superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic surfaces induced by charge injection and heating

  • Xiangdong Ye,
  • Junwen Hou and
  • Dongbao Cai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 840–847, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.84

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  • financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51475353), the Tribology Science Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Tribology (Grant No. SKLTKF14A02), the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province (Grant No. 2016JM5004), and the Key Laboratory of the
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Published 10 Apr 2019

Biological and biomimetic surfaces: adhesion, friction and wetting phenomena

  • Stanislav N. Gorb,
  • Kerstin Koch and
  • Lars Heepe

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 481–482, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.48

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  • reflects the high diversity and interdisciplinary nature of this field of research, as it combines approaches from biology, physics, engineering, tribology and materials science. The articles of this Thematic Series are intended to be of interest to both engineers and physicists who work with biological
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Published 15 Feb 2019

Contact splitting in dry adhesion and friction: reducing the influence of roughness

  • Jae-Kang Kim and
  • Michael Varenberg

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1–8, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.1

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  • adhesion; surfaces; tribology; Introduction Biological attachment systems based on thin-film adhesion have drawn significant interest during the last two decades because of their ability to operate on nearly any surface, their efficient control of detachment and their high resistance to contamination [1
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Published 02 Jan 2019

Characterization of the microscopic tribological properties of sandfish (Scincus scincus) scales by atomic force microscopy

  • Weibin Wu,
  • Christian Lutz,
  • Simon Mersch,
  • Richard Thelen,
  • Christian Greiner,
  • Guillaume Gomard and
  • Hendrik Hölscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2618–2627, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.243

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  • sandfish and the snake S. diadema in addition to three technical materials. Sandfish scales resist normal load better than most technical materials. However, they do not perform better over longer scratching periods. Consequently, tribology properties including adhesion, friction and abrasion resistance of
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Published 02 Oct 2018

Friction reduction through biologically inspired scale-like laser surface textures

  • Johannes Schneider,
  • Vergil Djamiykov and
  • Christian Greiner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2561–2572, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.238

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  • the potential to yield significant reduction in friction forces and are expected to spark future research in the field of biologically inspired surface morphologies applied to tribological contacts. Keywords: bioinspiration; friction; laser surface texturing; scales; tribology; Introduction Friction
  • and wear are responsible for more than 20% of the world’s total energy consumption [1]. This staggering number demonstrates that tribology, the study of interacting surfaces in relative motion, is a prime candidate when it comes to reducing CO2 emissions and discovering a more efficient use of
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Published 26 Sep 2018

Recent highlights in nanoscale and mesoscale friction

  • Andrea Vanossi,
  • Dirk Dietzel,
  • Andre Schirmeisen,
  • Ernst Meyer,
  • Rémy Pawlak,
  • Thilo Glatzel,
  • Marcin Kisiel,
  • Shigeki Kawai and
  • Nicola Manini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1995–2014, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.190

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  • and control of friction is increasingly recognized to involve all relevant size and time scales. We review here some recent advances on the research focusing of nano- and mesoscale tribology phenomena. These advances are currently pursued in a multifaceted approach starting from the fundamental atomic
  • sponsored a collaborative effort in this field, through COST Action MP1303. The resulting flourishing international collaboration has led to remarkable progress of this field. The present review summarizes the most relevant results in fundamental tribology from the past five years, with focus of those
  • frictional systems allowing some degree of friction control and/or tuning. Section “Multiscale bridging” summarizes recent efforts towards establishing a quantitative link among the vastly different length and time scales involved in tribology. The section “Conclusion” summarizes our view of the developments
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Published 16 Jul 2018

Friction force microscopy of tribochemistry and interfacial ageing for the SiOx/Si/Au system

  • Christiane Petzold,
  • Marcus Koch and
  • Roland Bennewitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1647–1658, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.157

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  • ; tribochemistry; wear; Introduction Contact ageing, the strengthening of contacts after formation, is an important phenomenon in tribology, with impact ranging from the nano-scale (NEMS and MEMS) [1][2] to the macro-scale (sliding of rock in earthquakes) [3][4]. Different microscopic mechanisms for contact
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Published 05 Jun 2018

Exploring wear at the nanoscale with circular mode atomic force microscopy

  • Olivier Noel,
  • Aleksandar Vencl and
  • Pierre-Emmanuel Mazeran

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2662–2668, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.266

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  • roads, brakes or car engines [6]. The use of lubricants to reduce wear is also a source of pollution as they are often in the form of unfriendly environmental chemicals discarded into the environment [7]. Advances in tribology have allowed for a better understanding of wear mechanisms at the macroscale
  • quite demanding in experimental validations [13][14]. The development of atomic force microscopy (AFM) in the 90’s has opened the field of tribology at the nanoscale. One of the main advantages of AFM is that a single asperity contact between a nanometer-sized AFM tip and an interacting surface can be
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Published 11 Dec 2017

A comparative study of the nanoscale and macroscale tribological attributes of alumina and stainless steel surfaces immersed in aqueous suspensions of positively or negatively charged nanodiamonds

  • Colin K. Curtis,
  • Antonin Marek,
  • Alex I. Smirnov and
  • Jacqueline Krim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2045–2059, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.205

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  • nanoparticle-based lubricants. Importantly, we have identified systems exhibiting beneficial, neutral, and detrimental tribology properties, facilitating additional experimental as well as theoretical studies from the first principles approach. Conclusion A comparative study of the nanoscale and macroscale
  • for useful discussions. M. Chestnut and B. Vasconcelos de Farias are respectively thanked for assistance with recording of the electron micrographs and macroscale tribology measurements.
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Published 29 Sep 2017

Stick–slip boundary friction mode as a second-order phase transition with an inhomogeneous distribution of elastic stress in the contact area

  • Iakov A. Lyashenko,
  • Vadym N. Borysiuk and
  • Valentin L. Popov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1889–1896, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.189

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  • of the friction block through an elastic spring, the frequency of the melting/solidification phase transitions increases with time. Keywords: boundary friction; dimensionality reduction; numerical simulation; shear stress and strain; stick–slip motion; tribology; Introduction The boundary friction
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Published 08 Sep 2017

Development of a nitrogen-doped 2D material for tribological applications in the boundary-lubrication regime

  • Shende Rashmi Chandrabhan,
  • Velayudhanpillai Jayan,
  • Somendra Singh Parihar and
  • Sundara Ramaprabhu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1476–1483, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.147

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  • nanolubricant in an induced draft (ID) fan results in the remarkable decrease in the power consumption. Keywords: friction; lubrication; nanolubricant; nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide; tribology; wear; Introduction Advances in machine technology necessitate the reduction in energy loss by improving the
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Published 17 Jul 2017

Studying friction while playing the violin: exploring the stick–slip phenomenon

  • Santiago Casado

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 159–166, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.16

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  • bow hairs, suggesting that a structure having peaks and a roughness similar to that of the string to which both bow hairs rubbed permits a better control of the stick–slip phenomenon. Keywords: atomic force microscopy; bow hair; friction; stick–slip; tribology; violin; Introduction Friction is
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Published 16 Jan 2017

Structural and tribometric characterization of biomimetically inspired synthetic "insect adhesives"

  • Matthias W. Speidel,
  • Malte Kleemeier,
  • Andreas Hartwig,
  • Klaus Rischka,
  • Angelika Ellermann,
  • Rolf Daniels and
  • Oliver Betz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 45–63, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.6

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  • performance is similarly low to that of water (Figure 4b, Supporting Information File 1, Table S2). Under the dynamic situation of sliding friction in a soft tribology regime with elastomer-like tarsal adhesion structures (cf. [29]), this can be attributed to the contribution of the viscous forces of these
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Published 06 Jan 2017

Facile synthesis of water-soluble carbon nano-onions under alkaline conditions

  • Gaber Hashem Gaber Ahmed,
  • Rosana Badía Laíño,
  • Josefa Angela García Calzón and
  • Marta Elena Díaz García

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 758–766, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.67

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  • carbonization; Introduction In the last twenty years, carbon based nanomaterials have received much research attention not only from a basic perspective but also from a practical point of view due to their use in a range of applications such as energy storage, tribology, electronics, medicine, catalysis and
  • found applications as materials for tribology due to their low friction [10]. Polymers doped with C-onions exhibit increased thermal resistance and can be used as microwave absorbing filters due to the C-onions ability to absorb electromagnetic radiation in the 26–37 GHz range [11]. Also, C-onions have
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Published 27 May 2016

Entropy effects in the collective dynamic behavior of alkyl monolayers tethered to Si(111)

  • Christian Godet

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 583–594, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.60

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  • dissipation mechanisms is the behavior of tethered OML under compressive and shear forces, as found in nano-tribology experiments, where external forces can cause conformational changes. Again, a disorder gradient results from the formation of gauche defects which can be reverted when the atomic force
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Published 26 Feb 2015

Carbon nano-onions (multi-layer fullerenes): chemistry and applications

  • Juergen Bartelmess and
  • Silvia Giordani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1980–1998, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.207

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  • catalyst surface as a function of time during catalysis. The authors conclude that the activity of the nanocarbon catalyst is largely influenced by the presence of oxygenated carbon species on the catalyst surface, which may eventually be formed during an initial period. Tribology In tribology, CNOs are
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Published 04 Nov 2014

From sticky to slippery: Biological and biologically-inspired adhesion and friction

  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Kerstin Koch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1450–1451, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.157

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  • biology, physics, engineering, tribology and materials science. The articles of this Thematic Series are intended to be of interest to both engineers and physicists who work with biological systems as well as to biologists who study the physics of friction and adhesion. We would like to thank all the
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Published 03 Sep 2014

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

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  • 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
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Published 22 Aug 2014

Physical principles of fluid-mediated insect attachment - Shouldn’t insects slip?

  • Jan-Henning Dirks

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1160–1166, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.127

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  • : adhesion; friction; insect biomechanics; tribology; Review How do insects adhere to surfaces? More than 80% of the animal species in the world are arthropods [1], and amongst them insects can be considered probably the evolutionarily most successful group. For hundreds of millions of years they are
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Published 28 Jul 2014

Dry friction of microstructured polymer surfaces inspired by snake skin

  • Martina J. Baum,
  • Lars Heepe,
  • Elena Fadeeva and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1091–1103, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.122

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  • successful animal groups in occupying niches on all continents, except for Antarctica [1][2][3]. From a tribology point of view, their ventral skin surface has to fulfil two opposite functions: (1) to support body propulsion during locomotion by generating high friction in contact with the substrate and (2
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Published 21 Jul 2014
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