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Self-Organized Criticality in Nanotribology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Micha Adler ,
John Ferrante ,
Alan Schilowitz ,
Dalia Yablon  and
Fredy Zypman
Micha Adler
Affiliation:
Yeshiva University, Department of Physics, 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10033–3200, USA
John Ferrante
Affiliation:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co, Corporate Strategic Research, 1545 Route 22 East Annandale, NJ 08801, USA
Alan Schilowitz
Affiliation:
NASA-Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA
Dalia Yablon
Affiliation:
NASA-Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA
Fredy Zypman
Affiliation:
Yeshiva University, Department of Physics, 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10033–3200, USA
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Abstract

We present experimental results on dry friction, which are consistent with the hypothesis that the stick-slip mechanism for energy release is described by self-organized criticality. The data, obtained with an Atomic Force Microscope set to measure lateral forces– examines the variation of the friction force as a function of time – or sliding distance. The materials studied were nominally flat surfaces of mica, quartz, silica and steel. An analysis of the data shows that the probability distribution of slip sizes follows a power law. Our data strongly supports the existence of self-organized criticality for nano-stick-slip in dry sliding friction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 782: Symposium A – Micro- and Nanosystems , 2003 , A5.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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