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

From the context of a contemporary understanding of the phenomenological origins of
friction and wear of materials, we review insightful contributions from recent experimental …

Due to the weak van der Waals interaction between two-dimensional materials, one can
stack or twist two-dimensional materials to obtain novel or enhanced physical and chemical …

Tribology is concerned with the influence of mechanically applied forces on interfacial
phenomena that accompany and control sliding. A wide range of models has been …

Despite extensive research on the tribological properties of MoS2, the frictional
characteristics of other members of the transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) family have …

In this methods article, we describe application of Prandtl–Tomlinson models and their
extensions to interpret dry atomic-scale friction. The goal is to provide a practical overview of …

The field of friction is usually associated with its obvious practical importance. This tends to
emphasize the engineering aspects of friction and thereby hides the fact that there is a …

New fabrication methods for carbon nanotube (CNT) networks have been reported,
producing self-assembled stacks of flattened CNTs (flCNTs), which could potentially be …

Friction is responsible for about one-third of the primary energy consumption in the world. So
far, a thorough atomistic understanding of the frictional energy dissipation mechanisms is …

The molecular mechanisms by which mechanical energy accelerates a chemical reaction at
sliding solid–solid interfaces are not well understood because of the experimental difficulties …