Laser-cooled ions contribute to better understanding of friction
Friday, July 14, 2017 - 04:52
in Physics & Chemistry
In physics, it is useful to know as precisely as possible how friction phenomena arise—and not only on the macroscopic scale, as in mechanical engineering, but also on the microscopic scale, in areas such as biology and nanotechnology. It is quite difficult to study friction at the atom scale where non-linear effects prevail.