Abstract
Using an atomic force microscope, we have observed atomic-scale features on the frictional force acting on a tungsten wire tip sliding on the basal plane of a graphite surface at low loads, < 10-4 N. The atomic features have the periodicity of the graphite surface and are discussed in terms of a phenomenological model for the tip motion described by the sum of a periodic tip-surface force and the spring force exerted by the wire.
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Mate, C.M., McClelland, G.M., Erlandsson, R., Chiang, S. (1987). Atomic-Scale Friction of a Tungsten Tip on a Graphite Surface. In: Neddermeyer, H. (eds) Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Perspectives in Condensed Matter Physics, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1812-5_35
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