The physics of sliding friction is gaining impulse from nanoscale and mesoscale
experiments, simulations, and theoretical modeling. This Colloquium reviews some recent …

This review provides an overview of recent advances that have been achieved in
understanding the basic physics of friction and energy dissipation in molecularly thin …

Using a tight-binding atomistic simulation, we simulate the recent atomic-force microscopy
experiments probing the slipperiness of graphene flakes made slide against a graphite …

In a pioneer experiment, Bohlein et al. realized the controlled sliding of two-dimensional
colloidal crystals over laser-generated periodic or quasi-periodic potentials. Here we …

Friction is the oldest branch of non-equilibrium condensed matter physics and, at the same
time, the least established at the fundamental level. A full understanding and control of …

Understanding the dynamics of frictional motion is essential to fields ranging from nano-
machines to the study of earthquakes. Frictional motion involves a huge range of time and …

The nonlinear dynamics associated with sliding friction forms a broad interdisciplinary
research field that involves complex dynamical processes and patterns covering a broad …

We study the collective transport of paramagnetic colloids driven above a magnetic bubble
lattice by an external rotating magnetic field. We measure a direct ratchet current which rises …

Simple models for friction are typically one-dimensional, but real interfaces are two-
dimensional. We investigate the effects of the second dimension on static and dynamic …

A two-dimensional Frenkel–Kontorova model with a square symmetry substrate potential for
a square lattice layer driven by an external driving force with an arbitrary direction α and an …