Nanoscopic friction as a probe of local phase transitions

Robert Szoszkiewicz; Elisa Riedo

doi:10.1063/1.1995954

Nanoscopic friction as a probe of local phase transitions

Robert Szoszkiewicz, Elisa Riedo

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

We study nanoscopic friction forces between an atomic force microscope tip and a glass sample. We show how and why it is possible to tune friction forces in a predictable way by changing either the sample temperature, or the humidity in the experimental chamber. We relate the friction behavior to confined water phase transitions. We find that the water gas-liquid phase diagram is the same at the macroscopic scale as at the nanoscopic tip-sample contact.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	033105
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	87
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1995954
State	Published - Jul 18 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Access to Document

10.1063/1.1995954

Cite this

@article{12219d0005cf4ff9be347e08ba25170d,

title = "Nanoscopic friction as a probe of local phase transitions",

abstract = "We study nanoscopic friction forces between an atomic force microscope tip and a glass sample. We show how and why it is possible to tune friction forces in a predictable way by changing either the sample temperature, or the humidity in the experimental chamber. We relate the friction behavior to confined water phase transitions. We find that the water gas-liquid phase diagram is the same at the macroscopic scale as at the nanoscopic tip-sample contact.",

author = "Robert Szoszkiewicz and Elisa Riedo",

note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-0405319 and by the Petroleum Foundation. ",

year = "2005",

month = jul,

day = "18",

doi = "10.1063/1.1995954",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "87",

journal = "Applied Physics Letters",

issn = "0003-6951",

publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Nanoscopic friction as a probe of local phase transitions

AU - Szoszkiewicz, Robert

AU - Riedo, Elisa

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-0405319 and by the Petroleum Foundation.

PY - 2005/7/18

Y1 - 2005/7/18

N2 - We study nanoscopic friction forces between an atomic force microscope tip and a glass sample. We show how and why it is possible to tune friction forces in a predictable way by changing either the sample temperature, or the humidity in the experimental chamber. We relate the friction behavior to confined water phase transitions. We find that the water gas-liquid phase diagram is the same at the macroscopic scale as at the nanoscopic tip-sample contact.

AB - We study nanoscopic friction forces between an atomic force microscope tip and a glass sample. We show how and why it is possible to tune friction forces in a predictable way by changing either the sample temperature, or the humidity in the experimental chamber. We relate the friction behavior to confined water phase transitions. We find that the water gas-liquid phase diagram is the same at the macroscopic scale as at the nanoscopic tip-sample contact.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=24144485912&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=24144485912&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1063/1.1995954

DO - 10.1063/1.1995954

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:24144485912

SN - 0003-6951

VL - 87

JO - Applied Physics Letters

JF - Applied Physics Letters

IS - 3

M1 - 033105

ER -

Nanoscopic friction as a probe of local phase transitions

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this