Introduction
Tomlinson Movie
Macroscopic Friction
The law of Leonardo (da Vinci)
The law of Euler and Amontons
The law of Coulomb
Historical abstract
Asperities
Adhesion models
Friction Force Microscopy
Principle of measuring
Measuring Topology
Measuring Friction
Both Channels
Calibration
Dissipation
Self assessment
Tomlinson's mechanism
Phenomenology I
Phenomenology II
Mechanical adiabaticity
Distinguish positions
Playing Tomlinson
Friction - a pinning problem
2D Friction
Critical Curves
Historical Background
Research Projects
Simulator Applet
The first Picture
The Panels
Parameters
Post processing
Statistics
Glossary
Textbook
 

Glossary

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  • Adhesion is the pinning of molecules to an interface layer due to intermolecular attraction.
  • Adiabatically without exchange of heat
  • Dissipation means the exchange of useable energy into heat.
  • Isotropic having the same properties to every direction
  • Tribology is the collective term for all topics within the field of friction and adhesion.
 
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