Physicists have a pretty good idea of what to expect when friction and adhesion occur in the visible world. You jam on the brakes and your car stops. But how slippery or sticky are things that are too ...

The performance of modern tires is fundamentally governed by the frictional properties of rubber. Complex interactions between viscoelastic material behaviour, adhesion at the contact interface and ...

Schematic illustration of Friction Force Microscopy (FFM). The AFM cantilever, a small diving board-like structure about 200 micrometers long, 50 micrometers wide, and 1 micrometer thick, has a sharp ...

Figure 1: Fiber displacement due to insufficient adhesion force (left) and simplified force equilibrium on winding surface (right). Photo Credit, all images: IVW Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe ...

Atomic force microscopy has the capacity to identify a range of nanoscale properties alongside topography in any environment; this is central to the power and extensive applicability of this method.

1.1 What is friction? Take this everyday example: when a coffee mug rests on a flat table, the kinetic frictional force is zero. There is no force trying to move the mug across the table, so there is ...

Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (IVW) has been active in the research field of fibre composites for more than 30 years, from the concept to the finished part. During this time, it has also been ...

Low adhesion due to contamination on the railhead can prevent safe and efficient operation of trains. Without the required level of adhesion, braking can be unreliable and dangerous. Changes in ...