Abstract: Friction at the microscale during reciprocal sliding tribotests was studied for the first time with self-mated steel (100Cr6/AISI 52100) taking advantage of an atomic force microscope (AFM). To this aim, microsized steel ...

Abstract: Wear phenomena at the nanoscale are essential for applications involving miniaturized specimens. Furthermore, stochastic nano-events affect in general tribological processes, eventually also at the macroscale. Hence, it ...