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High Sliding Velocity Nanotribological Investigations of Materials for Nanotechnology Applications

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Applied Scanning Probe Methods IX

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The advent of microstructures/nanostructures and the subsequent miniaturization of moving components for various nanotechnology applications, such as microelectromechanical/ nanoelectromechanical systems, have given paramount importance to the tribology and mechanics on the nanoscale. Most of these microdevices/nanodevices and components operate at very high sliding velocities (of the order of tens of millimeters per second to a few meters per second). Research conducted on various materials, coatings and lubricants has revealed a strong velocity dependence of friction and adhesion on the nanoscale. However, these investigations have been rendered inadequate owing to the inherent limitations on the highest sliding velocities achievable with commercial atomic force microscopes (AFM) that allow the study of nanoscale phenomena. The development of a newAFM-based technique has enabled high sliding velocities that are of engineering importance to be reached. By incorporating high speed piezo stages in a commercial AFM it is possible to conduct fundamental studies at sliding velocities of scientific as well as engineering importance. The utility of the technique is demonstrated through the mapping of nanoscale friction and wear as a function of sliding velocities. These maps provide significant understanding of the dominant frictionmechanisms as well as the conditions at which they transition andwould potentially enable selection ofmaterials, coatings and lubricants during the design of nanotechnology applications.

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  1. GE Global Research, #122, EPIP, Phase 2, Material Systems Technologies, Hoodi Village, Whitefield Road, 560066, Bangalore, India

    Nikhil S. Tambe

  2. Nanotribology Lab for Information Storage and MEMS/NEMS (NLIM), The Ohio State University, 201 W. 19th Avenue, W390 Scott Laboratory, 43210-1142, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Bharat Bhushan

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  1. Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, School of Materials Science, 923-1292, Ishikawa, Japan

    Masahiko Tomitori

  2. Nanotribology Laboratory for Information Storage and MEMS/NEMS (NLIM), The Ohio State University, W390 Scott Laboratory, 201W. 19th Avenue, 43210-1142, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Bharat Bhushan

  3. Institute of Physics, FB 16, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Harald Fuchs

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Tambe, N., Bhushan, B. (2008). High Sliding Velocity Nanotribological Investigations of Materials for Nanotechnology Applications. In: Tomitori, M., Bhushan, B., Fuchs, H. (eds) Applied Scanning Probe Methods IX. Nano Science and Technolgy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74083-4_11

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