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Nanotubes have exceptional physical properties, they are as tough as diamond and excellent heat and electricity conductors. On the other hand their cylindrical shape suggests the possibility of using them as mechanical parts at the nanoscale. Recent experiments showed that oscillators or rotational axes could be manufactured and controlled. Moreover the motion was observed to be wearless and with extremely low friction. This book shows analytical and numerical results on the dynamics and friction in those systems. The results show that the empirical law stating that friction is proportional to…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Nanotubes have exceptional physical properties, they
are as tough as diamond and excellent heat and
electricity conductors. On the other hand their
cylindrical shape suggests the possibility of using
them as mechanical parts at the nanoscale. Recent
experiments showed that oscillators or rotational
axes could be manufactured and controlled. Moreover
the motion was observed to be wearless and with
extremely low friction. This book shows analytical
and numerical results on the dynamics and friction in
those systems. The results show that the empirical
law stating that friction is proportional to the area
of contact is very well verified. Moreover, friction
increases with temperature. These dependencies can be
easily interpreted. Indeed, if the temperature is
large enough so that electronic effects can be
negligible, then dissipation is only due to the
phonons. Consequently, if the temperature increases,
the coupling between the phonons and the
rotational or oscillatory motions increases, as well
as friction. In the same manner, when the area of
contact increases, the number of available phonons to
transport energy increases, resulting in a higher
friction force.
Autorenporträt
James Servantie studied physics at the Free University of
Brussels, he got his PhD in 2006 in the Center for Nonlinear
Physics and Complex Systems with Pierre Gaspard. Afterwards he
joined the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Göttingen for
postdoctoral research in microfluidics. He is currently a
research fellow at Sabanci University.