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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 43: Colloids and Complex Liquids II
CPP 43.10: Vortrag
Donnerstag, 25. März 2010, 16:30–16:45, H39
Sliding of colloidal monolayers on periodic and quasiperiodic substrate potentials — •Thomas Bohlein, Jules Mikhael, and Clemens Bechinger — 2. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
Quasicrystal surfaces exhibit low friction coefficients. This anomalous property led to their consideration as coatings for tribological applications. However, the fundamental mechanisms behind this behavior are still not well understood. Here we experimentally study the sliding behavior of two dimensional colloidal crystals interacting with periodic and quasiperiodic light induced substrate potentials created by overlapping several laser beams. A precise control of the phases of the interfering beams allows us to shear the substrate potential against the crystal in any desired direction while the crystal's response is studied in real space by digital video microscopy. We study how the substrate strength, the sliding velocity and the matching of the length scales affect the sliding behavior. This allows us to identify the role of quasiperiodicity on the friction behavior which leads to a better understanding on the fundamentals of atomic fiction and superlubricity.