This review summarizes recent advances in the area of tribology based on the outcome of a
Lorentz Center workshop surveying various physical, chemical and mechanical phenomena …

When two solids are squeezed together they will in general not make atomic contact
everywhere within the nominal (or apparent) contact area. This fact has huge practical …

The future of metallic glasses as an advanced structural and functional material will to a
great extent depend on the understanding and control of their mesoscopic flow defects …

We review the present state of understanding of solid friction at low velocities and for
systems with negligibly small wear effects. We first analyze in detail the behavior of friction at …

The slipperiness of ice is an everyday-life phenomenon, which, surprisingly, remains
controversial despite a long scientific history. The very small friction measured on ice is …

This study focused on the normal load dependence of the friction coefficient for the sliding
friction of a rubber material with a rough surface. A developed friction tester was used to …

In this paper, we discuss the nature of the static and kinetic friction, and of (thermally
activated) creep. We focus on boundary lubrication at high confining pressure (∼ 1GPa), as …

The evolution of fault strength during the seismic cycle plays a key role in the mode of fault
slip, nature of earthquake stress drop, and earthquake nucleation. Laboratory‐based rate …

Rate‐and‐state friction (RSF) laws are extensively applied in fault mechanics but have a
largely empirical basis reflecting only limited understanding of the underlying physical …

Establishing a constitutive law for fault friction is a crucial objective of earthquake science.
However, the complex frictional behavior of natural and synthetic gouges in laboratory …