Fundamentals of Friction and Wear

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gnecco, Enrico (Editor), Meyer, Ernst (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: NanoScience and Technology,
• Subjects: Science.; Condensed matter.; Engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Science, general.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Engineering, general.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.

In the past twenty years, powerful tools such as atomic force microscopy have made it possible to accurately investigate the phenomena of friction and wear, down to the nanometer scale. Readers of this book will become familiar with the concepts and techniques of nanotribology, explained by an inter...