The physics of sliding friction is gaining impulse from nanoscale and mesoscale
experiments, simulations, and theoretical modeling. This Colloquium reviews some recent …

Friction is one of the oldest problems in physics with a huge practical significance. However,
during the last decade this problem gets strong acceleration due to the development of new …

Theoretical physics deals with physical models. The main requirements for a good physical
model are simplicity and universality. Universal models which can be applied to describe a …

Friction between solids is responsible for many phenomena such as earthquakes, wear or
crack propagation,,,. Unlike macroscopic objects, which only touch locally owing to their …

The goal of this chapter is to review statistical mechanical approaches to the molecular
origins of friction. A brief outline of macroscopic experimental results and the fundamental …

Strong friction anisotropy is found when the twofold surface of an atomically clean aluminum-
nickel-cobalt quasicrystal slides against a thiol-passivated titanium-nitride tip. Friction along …

It has long been known that quasicrystal surfaces show low sliding friction and adhesion,
features that have led to practical applications, notably in cookware. Several mechanisms …

Studies of ordered, yet nonperiodic, metallic alloys known as quasicrystals have generated
exciting questions and fundamental insights about the relationship between surface atomic …

Over the last decade, remarkable developments in nanotechnology, notably the use of
atomic and friction force microscopes (AFM/FFM), the surface-force apparatus (SFA) and the …

The nonlinear dynamics associated with sliding friction forms a broad interdisciplinary
research field that involves complex dynamical processes and patterns covering a broad …