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- noun physics A situation in which the
friction between two surfaces varies greatly depending on their mutualorientation , especially when it nearly vanishes in certain conditions
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The superlubricity of the NanoLub particles was demonstrated by the group of Professor J. M. Martin of Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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From the characterization performed after friction, several phenomena have been proposed to explain these friction reducing properties: NanoLub's fullerenes delamination, formation of a tribofilm made of WS2 sheets on the surfaces, superlubricity of the sheets and a rolling effect of the particle.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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