Slippery When Stacked: NIST Theorists Quantify the Friction of Graphene (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Slippery When Stacked: NIST Theorists Quantify the Friction of Graphene

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NIST software simulates the tip of an atomic force microscope moving left across a stack of four sheets of graphene. Research using this software indicates that graphene's friction is reduced as more layers are added to the stack.

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A. Smolyanitsky/NIST

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