Microscopic friction emulators

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 Oct 2015Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2016 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 526, pages 332-333 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Mandelli, Davide; Tosatti, Erio;

doi: 10.1038/526332a , 10.48550/arxiv.1605.03145

arXiv: 1605.03145

Microscopic friction emulators

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Cold ions sliding across periodic potential patterns formed by lasers elucidate the physics of dry friction between crystals. Experiments with no more than six ions suffice to explore a vast domain of frictional forces.

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Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall), FOS: Physical sciences

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