Nanotribology and Nanomechanics An Introduction /

• Main Author: Bhushan, Bharat (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Continuum mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Mechanical Engineering.

This volume serves as a timely, practical introduction to the principles of nanotribology and nanomechanics and applications to magnetic storage systems, MEMS/NEMS and BioMEMS/bioNEMS. Assuming some familiarity with macrotribology/mechanics, the book comprises chapters by internationally recognized...