The special mechanical properties of nanoparticles allow for novel applications in many
fields, eg, surface engineering, tribology and nanomanufacturing/nanofabrication. In this …

A few years after the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), the atomic force
microscope (AFM) was developed. 1 Instead of measuring tunneling current, a new physical …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

▪ Abstract Atomic force microscopy is an imaging tool used widely in fundamental research,
although it has, like other scanned probe microscopies, provided only limited information …

Understanding the relative motion of objects in contact is essential for controlling
macroscopic lubrication and adhesion, for comprehending biological macromolecular …

Chemical force microscopy (CFM) has been used to measure adhesion and friction forces
between probe tips and substrates covalently modifiedwith self-assembled monolayers …

Chemical force microscopy (CFM) was used to probe interactions between ionizable and
neutral functional groups in aqueous solutions. Force microscope probe tips and sample …

This paper reviews recent progress in molecular dynamics simulation of atomic-scale friction
measured by an atomic force microscopy. Each section of the review focuses on an …

Friction force microscopy is an important analytical tool in the field of tribology on the
nanometer-scale. The contact area between the probing tip and the sample is reduced to …

Tribology is the study of interactions between surfaces or interfaces in relative motion
(“tribos” means “to rub” in Greek). It includes the phenomena of friction, adhesion, and wear …