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For friction experiments, the interaction was measured between the attachment pad and the flat silicon surface. The leg containing the pad was attached to a sample holder that was oscillated in the tangential direction over a length of 30 µm by a piezo-transducer (x-piezo) at a constant velocity (30 µm/s). The silicon sample — a 5 mm by 5 mm piece cleaved from a silicon wafer — was attached to the double-leaf spring as shown in Fig. 10.1. For these experiments the interferometer-based tester was used because of its higher force resolution (see Sect. 5.1.4).
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Scherge, M., Gorb, S.S. (2001). Case Study II: Friction. In: Biological Micro- and Nanotribology. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04431-5_10
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