As the size of electronic and mechanical devices shrinks to the nanometre regime,
performance begins to be dominated by surface forces. For example, friction, wear and …

This review provides an overview of recent advances that have been achieved in
understanding the basic physics of friction and energy dissipation in molecularly thin …

A potential function is presented that can be used to model both chemical reactions and
intermolecular interactions in condensed-phase hydrocarbon systems such as liquids …

Wear limits the life-span of many mechanical devices with moving parts. To reduce wear,
lubricants are frequently enriched with additives, such as zinc phosphates, that form …

Classical molecular dynamics simulations have been conducted to investigate the atomic-
scale friction and wear when hydrogen-terminated diamond (111) counterfaces are in …

MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technology offers considerable potential
throughout the manufacturing sector, because of certain intrinsic advantages in terms of low …

Friction force measurements have been made using friction force microscopy for a series of
self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols of varying chain lengths and terminal …

Research advances in molecular coatings from functional polymeric and organic molecules
designed as molecular lubricants or molecular glues for micro‐and nanodevices are …

Ultra-low friction between shells of multiwalled carbon nanotubes indicates that, when the
nanotubes are used as reinforcement agents, the mechanical load is carried by the …

New fabrication methods for carbon nanotube (CNT) networks have been reported,
producing self-assembled stacks of flattened CNTs (flCNTs), which could potentially be …