Dynamics and Friction at Incommensurate Contacting Surfaces
Fasolino A., Consoli L., Knops H.J.F., Research Institute for Materials, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Nijmegen, NL
We study the mechanisms for dissipation of mechanical energy during the sliding of two bodies against each other, namely the origin of friction at an atomic scale. We consider the most likely case of incommensurate [...]