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Low-load friction behavior of epitaxial C60 monolayers

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Combined scanning and friction force microscopy was employed to study the low-load friction behavior of monolayers of C60 molecules grown epitaxially on GeS (001). While the friction forceF f on GeS was found to be proportional to the loadF l the C60 monolayers exhibit aF f ∞F 2/3l dependence. As a result, an inversion of contrast in the friction force images with increasing applied load could be observed.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, D-20355, Hamburg, Germany

    W. Allers, U. D. Schwarz & R. Wiesendanger

  2. Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Spectroscopie Electronique, Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, 61, rue de Bruxelles, B-5000, Namur, Belgium

    G. Gensterblum

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Allers, W., Schwarz, U.D., Gensterblum, G. et al. Low-load friction behavior of epitaxial C60 monolayers. Z. Phys. B - Condensed Matter 99, 1–2 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002570050001

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