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Comment on “A Note on the Two-Spring Tomlinson Model”

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A recent note by Lu et al. presented a theoretical study of atomic friction using a two-spring Tomlinson model. In this comment, we argue that the conclusion of the note can be understood in a simple manner, and that the discussion of the criterion for the onset of stick-slip is unnecessarily complicated and potentially misleading.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana , USA

    Yalin Dong

  2. University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA

    Ashlie Martini

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Dong, Y., Martini, A. Comment on “A Note on the Two-Spring Tomlinson Model”. Tribol Lett 45, 225–226 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-011-9878-3

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