Super-slippery Carbon Nanotubes: Symmetry Breaking breaks friction

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2001-05-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0105449v1

European Physical Journal B 25 131-134 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table; pdf available from: http://www.ff.bg.ac.yu/qmf/qsg_e.htm

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjb/e20020014

The friction between the walls of multi-wall carbon nanotubes is shown to be extremely low in general, with important details related to the specific choice of the walls. This is governed by a simple expression revealing that the phenomenon is a profound consequence of the specific symmetry breaking: super-slippery sliding of the incommensurate walls is a Goldstone mode. Three universal principles of tribology, offering a recipe for the lubricant selection are emphasized.

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