This insight opens the way to applications in MEMS, NEMS and auto/aerospace engines ... pressure on industry to explore unknown regimes of friction and wear. Zykova-Timan and co-workers explore ...

[Breaking Taps] has an investigation of a MEMS chip. MEMS is short for Micro Electromechanical Systems, which operate in a decidedly mechanical way. You can see the video, which has some gorgeous ...

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 ...