such as friction force microscopes, surface force apparatus or quartz microbalances, and the availability of advanced computational methods, which give access to nanoscale friction and wear phenomena.

1.1 What is friction? Take this everyday example: when a coffee mug rests on a flat table, the kinetic frictional force is zero. There is no force trying to move the mug across the table, so there is ...

Find out about different types of friction and how we can increase or reduce it. Friction is a force between two surfaces rubbing against each other. If the surfaces are smooth, there is less ...