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DY: Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 31: Nonlinear Stochastic Systems I

DY 31.8: Talk

Monday, March 7, 2005, 12:15–12:30, TU H2032

Non-monotonic Velocity Dependence of Atomic Friction — •Peter Reimann and Mykhaylo Evstigneev — Universität Bielefeld

We propose a theoretical model for friction force microscopy experiments with special emphasis on the realistic description of dissipation and inertia effects. Its main prediction is a non-monotonic dependence of the friction force upon the sliding velocity of the AFM-tip relative to an atomically flat surface.