Atomic force microscopy (AFM) force-distance curves have become a fundamental tool in
several fields of research, such as surface science, materials engineering, biochemistry and …

A review is presented of the mechanics of microscale adhesion in microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS). Some governing dimensionless numbers such as Tabor number …

Measurements of the forces in water between neutral hydrophobic surfaces prepared by
covalentmodification of glass are presented. The surfaces are stable under a variety of …

Bradley (1932) showed that if two rigid spheres of radii R 1 and R 2 are placed in contact,
they will adhere with a force 2πΔ R γ, where R is the equivalent radius R 1 R 1/(R 1+ R 2) …

A Lennard–Jones type surface law is commonly used in adhesive contact modeling;
however, one of its parameters, namely the equilibrium distance z0, is not well defined. In …

Thermal boundary resistance (Kapitza resistance) and thermal conductivity of multiwalled
carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are calculated assuming the properties of graphite in the …

Interactions between charged surfaces immersed in aqueous calcium solutions were
measured using the surface force apparatus and the atomic force microscope. With the …

The forces acting between colloidal particles and between surfaces are of utmost
importance for determining the behaviour of dispersed systems and adhesion phenomena …

The problem of how contact between elastic spheres is modified by the surface forces which
act between them is becoming of great interest with the possibility of studying such contacts …

In this review article we discuss a large number of the studies of interactions between
protein-coated surfaces that has been presented in the literature. We also demonstrate how …