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What is the origin of macroscopic friction?

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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 12, Pages -

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AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav2268

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  1. JSPS KAKENHI [JP17H05320, JP15H01145, JP15H02147]
  2. Excellent Young Researchers at The University of Tokyo

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What is the origin of molecular friction, and how can macroscopic friction be explained in terms of molecular friction? To elucidate the origins of molecular and macroscopic friction, we conducted density functional theory calculations and double-direct shear tests at normal stresses ranging from 5 to 60 MPa formica surfaces. Frictional forces between mica surfaces were theoretically predicted to oscillate periodically every 30 degrees of sliding direction, in agreement with previous experimental findings. This result affirms that the potential energy roughness of mica under sliding is the origin of molecular friction, which depends on the normal stress and sliding direction. The discovered mechanism of molecular friction can quantitatively explain experimentally observed macroscopic friction of mica when the presence of wear particles is taken into consideration.

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