Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 1955-1960Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07925a
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- Italian Ministry of University and Research through PRIN UTFROM [20178PZCB5]
- European Union's H2020 Framework Programme/ERC Advanced Grant [8344023]
- European Union's H2020 Framework Programme/ERC Starting Grant [637748]
- European Research Council (ERC) [637748] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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In this study, an experimental and simulation approach was used to investigate the successive live phases of atomic scale friction by applying an oscillatory shear force with increasing amplitude. The demonstration with controlled gold nanocontacts sliding on graphite revealed phenomena bridging the gap between initial depinning and large speed sliding.
Atomic scale friction, an indispensable element of nanotechnology, requires a direct access to, under actual growing shear stress, its successive live phases: from static pinning, to depinning and transient evolution, eventually ushering in steady state kinetic friction. Standard tip-based atomic force microscopy generally addresses the steady state, but the prior intermediate steps are much less explored. Here we present an experimental and simulation approach, where an oscillatory shear force of increasing amplitude leads to a one-shot investigation of all these successive aspects. Demonstration with controlled gold nanocontacts sliding on graphite uncovers phenomena that bridge the gap between initial depinning and large speed sliding, of potential relevance for atomic scale time and magnitude dependent rheology.
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