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From the reviews of the second edition: "This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the new and rapidly evolving field of nanotribology and nanomechanics. … this volume will find use in graduate level courses taught variously in departments of mechanical engineering, materials science and applied physics. … All the chapters are prepared to a high-standard, are well illustrated with high-quality diagrams and pictures and contain excellent reference lists. … For sure researchers and practicing engineers needing insights into nanotribology will want to draw heavily on the rich resources of this book." (K. Alan Shore, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 50 (2), March-April, 2009)
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Kurzbeschreibung
The recent emergence and proliferation of proximal probes, e.g. SPM and AFM, and computational techniques for simulating tip-surface interactions has enabled the systematic investigation of interfacial problems on ever smaller scales, as well as created means for modifying and manipulating nanostructures. In short, they have led to the appearance of the new, interdisciplinary fields of micro/nanotribology and micro/nanomechanics. This volume serves as a timely, practical introduction to the principles of nanotribology and nanomechanics and applications to magnetic storage systems and MEMS/NEMS. Assuming some familiarity with macrotribology/mechanics, the book comprises chapters by internationally recognized experts, who integrate knowledge of the field from the mechanics and materials-science perspectives.They cover key measurement techniques, their applications, and theoretical modeling of interfaces, each beginning their contributions with macro- and progressing to microconcepts. After reviewing the fundamental experimental and theoretical aspects in the first part, "Nanotribology and Nanomechanics" then treats applications. Three groups of readers are likely to find this text valuable: graduate students, research workers, and practicing engineers. It can serve as the basis for a comprehensive, one or two-semester course in scanning probe microscopy; applied scanning probe techniques; or, nanotribology/nanomechanics/nanotechnology, in departments such as mechanical engineering, materials science, and applied physics. This book contains a Foreword by Physics Nobel Laureate Gerd Binnig.
