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Science 14 July 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5784, pp. 184 - 185
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130420

Perspectives

PHYSICS:
Controlling Friction

Robert W. Carpick


Nanometer-scale friction can be altered electronically or mechanically. The results may lead to more reliable nanometer-scale devices.
The author is in the Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. E-mail: carpick{at}engr.wisc.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)