Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gnecco, Enrico (Editor), Meyer, Ernst (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Series: NanoScience and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

This book provides an updated review on the development of scanning probe microscopy and related techniques, and the availability of computational techniques not even imaginable a few decades ago. The 36 chapters cover instrumental aspects, theoretical models and selected experimental results, thus...