Adhesion, Friction and Lubrication of Molecularly Smooth Surfaces

Intermolecular and Surface Forces

2011 • 17,408 citations

Intermolecular and Surface Forces

2011 • 9,009 citations

Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids

1971 • 7,382 citations

Fracture of Brittle Solids

1993 • 4,642 citations

Measurement of forces between two mica surfaces in aqueous electrolyte solutions in the range 0–100 nm

1978 • 1,768 citations

Surface and Interfacial Aspects of Biomedical Polymers

1985 • 1,272 citations

Atomistic Mechanisms and Dynamics of Adhesion, Nanoindentation, and Fracture

1990 • 1,123 citations

Fracture of Brittle Solids

1976 • 1,047 citations

The direct measurement of normal and retarded van der Waals forces

1969 • 775 citations

Thin film studies using multiple-beam interferometry

1973 • 737 citations

Liquid to solidlike transitions of molecularly thin films under shear

1990 • 719 citations

Dynamic Properties of Molecularly Thin Liquid Films

1988 • 657 citations

The measurement of van der Waals dispersion forces in the range 1.5 to 130 nm

1972 • 630 citations

Forces in atomic force microscopy in air and water

1989 • 625 citations

Origin of Stick-Slip Motion in Boundary Lubrication

1990 • 596 citations

INFLUENCE OF CONSTITUTION ON ADHESION

1963 • 490 citations

Forces Between Surfaces in Liquids

1988 • 451 citations

Friction and lubrication

1968 • 429 citations

The shear properties of Langmuir—Blodgett layers

1982 • 402 citations

Surface Forces and Their Action in Ceramic Materials

1990 • 359 citations

Effect of orientation and mobility of polymer molecules at surfaces on contact angle and its hysteresis

1981 • 349 citations

Measurements of and Relation Between the Adhesion and Friction of Two Surfaces Separated by Molecularly Thin Liquid Films

1989 • 344 citations

The mechanics of adhesion of viscoelastic solids

1981 • 332 citations

Measurement of the deformation and adhesion of solids in contact

1987 • 279 citations

On the stability of a tip and flat at very small separations

1988 • 242 citations

Shear Forces in Molecularly Thin Films

1989 • 198 citations

Overturning and Anchoring of Monolayers

1938 • 197 citations

The Contact Angle and Interface Energetics

1985 • 175 citations

A simple theory for the force between spheres immersed in a fluid

1986 • 172 citations

Direct measurement of forces due to solvent structure

1980 • 156 citations

Forces between mica surfaces bearing adsorbed macromolecules in liquid media

1983 • 149 citations

Adhesion and short-range forces between surfaces. Part II: Effects of surface lattice mismatch

1990 • 124 citations

The shear properties of molecular films

1973 • 100 citations

The force of adhesion between solid surfaces in contact

1978 • 75 citations

Interfacial Phenomena

1984 • 70 citations

On the adhesion force between deformable solids

1980 • 63 citations

The role of molecular diffusion in the adhesion of elastomers

1984 • 55 citations

Effects of humidity on the structure and adhesion of amphiphilic monolayers on mica

1989 • 53 citations

The influence of contact pressure and saponification on the sliding behavior of stearic acid monolayers

1977 • 52 citations

Mechanical properties of the boundary lubrication layer

1988 • 47 citations

Molecular asperity theory of boundary friction

1978 • 36 citations

Contact angle hysteresis: A molecular interpretation

1980 • 35 citations

Note on adhesion values from direct force measurements

1990 • 8 citations

Surface tension values from direct force measurements: Comments to Christenson and Claesson

1990 • 2 citations