QCM tribology studies of thin adsorbed films

The ability to predict sliding friction in an adsorbed film system is key to a vast range of fundamental and applied issues in physics and nanotechnology. Sliding friction levels in molecularly thin layers can be measured experimentally by means of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique, which is readily comparable to theory, including both analytic calculations and molecular dynamics simulations. Progress in this area is summarized...