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The Nature of Nanometer-Thick Lubricating Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Evangelos Manias
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Bard Hall, Ithaca NY 14853.
Emmanuel P. Giannelis
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Bard Hall, Ithaca NY 14853.
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Abstract

Molecular Dynamics simulations have been used to investigate the rheological properties and dynamics of nanoscopically confined lubricating films. Comparative experimental studies of 10 to 20Å thin polymer films confined between mica-type layers explore the dynamics of similar systems, and confirm the computer simulation predictions. The use of model systems of polymers intercalated in layered mica-type silicates facilitates the study of SFA-like geometries with a variety of common analytical techniques, thus dramatically expanding the horizons of studying nanometer wide confined polymer films.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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