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Friction

Surface resistance to the relative motion of one body against the rubbing, sliding, rolling, or flowing of another with which it is in contact.
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Frictional Characteristics of Atomically Thin Sheets
Thin Friction The rubbing motion between two surfaces is always hindered by friction, which is caused by continuous contacting… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Friction laws at the nanoscale
Macroscopic laws of friction do not generally apply to nanoscale contacts. Although continuum mechanics models have been… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids
Low thermal conductivity is a primary limitation in the development of energy-efficient heat transfer fluids that are required in… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Theory of rubber friction and contact mechanics
When rubber slides on a hard, rough substrate, the surface asperities of the substrate exert oscillating forces on the rubber… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Frictionless Commerce? A Comparison of Internet and Conventional Retailers
There have been many claims that the Internet represents a new "frictionless market." Our research empirically analyzes the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Low-friction nanoscale linear bearing realized from multiwall carbon nanotubes
We demonstrate the controlled and reversible telescopic extension of multiwall carbon nanotubes, thus realizing ultralow-friction… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Contact mechanics
Review
1998
Review
1998
LABORATORY-DERIVED FRICTION LAWS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO SEISMIC FAULTING
This paper reviews rock friction and the frictional properties of earthquake faults. The basis for rate- and state-dependent… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Nanotribology: friction, wear and lubrication at the atomic scale
Friction, wear and lubrication between materials in contact are of fundamental importance in many pure and applied sciences… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Canonical dynamics: Equilibrium phase-space distributions.
Nose has modified Newtonian dynamics so as to reproduce both the canonical and the isothermal-isobaric probability densities in… 
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