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Micro- and Nanotribology of Graphene

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Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale

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Graphene is a two-dimensional layer of carbon atoms bound by covalent -bonds. It is the building block of graphite, in which the graphene layers are stacked and held together by van der Waals forces.

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Acknowledgments

We thank our colleagues Diego Marchetto, Felix Wählisch, Tobin Filleter, Christian Held, Florian Hausen, Judith Hoth, and Eduard Arzt for stimulating discussions.

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  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Applied Materials—Reliability of Systems and Components, Microtribology Center μTC, Kaiserstr. 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Martin Dienwiebel

  2. INM—Leibniz-Institute for New Materials, Campus D2 2, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Roland Bennewitz

  3. Physics Department, Saarland University, Campus D2 2, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Roland Bennewitz

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  2. University of Basel Department of Physics, Basel, Switzerland

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Dienwiebel, M., Bennewitz, R. (2015). Micro- and Nanotribology of Graphene. In: Gnecco, E., Meyer, E. (eds) Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10560-4_20

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