2003/11/27 by Olivier Bénichou, O. Benichou, A. M. Cazabat +9
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0311625
12 pages, 5 figures, talk at the MRS Fall 2003 Meeting, Boston, December 1-5, 2003
arxiv created 2003/11/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We overview recent results on intrinsic frictional properties of adsorbed monolayers, composed of mobile hard-core particles undergoing continuous exchanges with a vapor phase. In terms of a dynamical master equation approach we determine the velocity of a biased impure molecule - the tracer particle (TP), constrained to move inside the adsorbed monolayer probing its frictional properties, define the frictional forces exerted by the monolayer on the TP, as well as the particles density distribution in the monolayer.