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Nanotribology: friction, wear and lubrication at the atomic scale

19951,591 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Bharat Bhushan · The Ohio State University

Jacob N. Israelachvili · University of California, Santa Barbara

Uzi Landman · Georgia Institute of Technology

Topics & Keywords

Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 374, Issue 6523, pp. 607-616

DOI: 10.1038/374607a0

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 45.11

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