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Microscopic Friction Emulators

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-05-12 v2

Abstract

Cold ions sliding across periodic potential patterns formed by lasers elucidate the physics of dry friction between crystals. Experiments with no more than six ions suffice to explore a vast domain of frictional forces.

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@article{arxiv.1605.03145,
  title  = {Microscopic Friction Emulators},
  author = {Davide Mandelli and Erio Tosatti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.03145},
  year   = {2016}
}

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2 pages, 1 Figure

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