Liamas, E orcid.org/0000-0001-9294-6343, Connell, SD orcid.org/0000-0003-2500-5724, Ramakrishna, SN et al. (1 more author) (2020) Probing the frictional properties of soft materials at the nanoscale. Nanoscale, 12 (4). pp. 2292-2308. ISSN 2040-3364
Abstract
The understanding of friction in soft materials is of increasing importance due to the demands of industries such as healthcare, biomedical, food and personal care, the incorporation of soft materials into technology, and in the study of interacting biological interfaces. Many of these processes occur at the nanoscale, but even at micrometer length scales there are fundamental aspects of tribology that remain poorly understood. With the advent of Friction Force Microscopy (FFM), there have been many fundamental insights into tribological phenomena, such as ‘stick-slip’ and ‘super-lubricity’ at the atomic scale. This review examines the growing field of soft tribology, the experimental aspects of FFM and its underlying theory. Moving to the nanoscale changes the contact mechanics which govern adhesive forces, which in turn play a pivotal role in friction, along with deformation of the soft interface, and dissipative phenomena. We examine recent progress and future prospects in soft nanotribology.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. Open access under the terms of the CC-BY 3.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Molecular & Nanoscale Physics The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Food Science and Nutrition (Leeds) > FSN Colloids and Food Processing (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2020 15:37 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2020 16:01 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/C9NR07084B |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155405 |