Microscopic Friction Emulators
arXiv:1605.03145 · doi:10.1038/526332a
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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