Micro/Nanotribology and Its Applications
By: edited by Bharat Bhushan
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series E: Applied Sciences -- 330; NATO ASI Series, Series E: Applied Sciences -- 330
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9789401063814; 9789401156462
Subjects: Surfaces (Physics); Physics; Mechanical engineering
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Sesimbra, Portugal, June 16-28, 1996
Description: Micro/nanotribology as a field is concerned with experimental and theoretical investigations of processes ranging from atomic and molecular scales to the microscale, occurring during adhesion, friction, wear, and thin-film lubrication at sliding surfaces. As a field it is truly interdisciplinary, but this confronts the would-be entrant with the difficulty of becoming familiar with the basic theories and applications: the area is not covered in any undergraduate or graduate scientific curriculum. The present work commences with a history of tribology and micro/nanotribology, followed by discussions of instrumentation, basic theories of friction, wear and lubrication on nano- to microscales, and their industrial applications. A variety of research instruments are covered, including a variety of scanning probe microscopes and surface force apparatus. Experimental research and modelling are expertly dealt with, the emphasis throughout being applied aspects.
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