Nanotechnologists reveal the frictional characteristics of atomically thin sheets
Sunday, April 4, 2010 - 22:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Nanotechnology researchers have used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin materials, discovering a universal characteristic for these very different materials. Friction across these thin sheets increases as the number of atomic layers decreases, all the way down to one layer of atoms.