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The Bloch walls in a thin NiFe film are pinned at the sites, marked by arrows. Between the pinning centers they are attracted by the energetically favorable domain in the center.
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Friction can be considered in terms of a pinning problem. During the sliding process, certain surface atoms of the two bodies come into very near contact, so that a small amount of atoms of body A are pinned on body B.
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