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Switchable superlubricity | ||
Lukas Hörmann has successfully competed for a UFO postdoctoral fellowship from the Austrian state of Styria. The project has a duration of one year and is entitled "Switchable superlubricity". Superlubricity, a state of ultra-low friction, will facilitates a significant reduction of friction-related energy loss and device failure of any moving mechanical device. Given the trend towards miniaturisation of such devices, studies of mechanical properties at atomic scales become ever more important. Developing nanoscale devices exhibiting superlubricity requires a detailed understanding of the fundamental principles governing dynamic sliding friction at an atomic scale. | ||
Institute of Solid State Physics
