Author
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- J. Kiethe
(Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
- R. Nigmatullin
(Complex Systems Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and IT, The University of Sydney
University of Oxford)
- D. Kalincev
(Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
- T. Schmirander
(Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
- T. E. Mehlstäubler
(Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
Abstract
Friction in ordered atomistic layers plays a central role in various nanoscale systems ranging from nanomachines to biological systems. It governs transport properties, wear and dissipation. Defects and incommensurate lattice constants markedly change these properties. Recently, experimental systems have become accessible to probe the dynamics of nanofriction. Here, we present a model system consisting of laser-cooled ions in which nanofriction and transport processes in self-organized systems with back action can be studied with atomic resolution. We show that in a system with local defects resulting in incommensurate layers, there is a transition from sticking to sliding with Aubry-type signatures. We demonstrate spectroscopic measurements of the soft vibrational mode driving this transition and a measurement of the order parameter. We show numerically that both exhibit critical scaling near the transition point. Our studies demonstrate a simple, well-controlled system in which friction in self-organized structures can be studied from classical- to quantum-regimes.
Suggested Citation
J. Kiethe & R. Nigmatullin & D. Kalincev & T. Schmirander & T. E. Mehlstäubler, 2017.
"Probing nanofriction and Aubry-type signatures in a finite self-organized system,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-8, August.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms15364
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15364
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