Friction – Lehrstuhl für Materialsimulation

Rough surface modeling

M. H. Müser and L. Nicola
Modeling the surface-topography dependence of friction, adhesion, and contact compliance
MRS Bulletin (in print).

DOI: 10.1557/s43577-022-00468-2 ([future] open access)
Local preprint

Structural lubricity of graphite and its breakdown

Hongyu Gao and Martin H. Müser
Structural lubricity of physisorbed gold clusters on graphite and its breakdown: Role of boundary conditions and contact lines
Frontiers in Chemistry 10, ??? (2022)

DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.935008 (open access)
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2205.01177

Viscous dissipation of randomly rough surfaces

Sergey Sukhomlinov and Martin H. Müser
On the viscous dissipation caused by randomly rough indenters in smooth sliding motion
Appl. Surf. Sci. Adv. 6, 100182 (2021)

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsadv.2021.100182
Preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.15056

Dissipation in surfactant monolayers

Hongyu Gao, James P. Ewen, Remco Hartkamp, Martin H. Müser, and Daniele Dini
Scale-Dependent Friction-Coverage Relations and Non-Local Dissipation in Surfactant Monolayers
Langmuir 37, 2406-2418 (2021)

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03403
Preprint: chemrxiv

Shear thinning in the Prandtl model

Martin H. Müser
Shear thinning in the Prandtl model and its relation to generalized Newtonian fluid
Lubricants 8, 38 (2020)

DOI: 10.3390/lubricants8040038 (open access)
[ original submission ]

Shear heating of confined fluids

James P. Ewen, Hongyu Gao, Martin H. Müser and Daniele Dini,
Shear heating, flow, and friction of confined molecular fluids at high pressure
Phys. Chem. Them. Phys. 21, 5813-5823 (2019).

DOI: 10.1039/C8CP07436D

Limits of structural lubricity

Martin H. Müser,
Are there limits to superlubricity of graphene in hard, rough contacts?
Frontiers in mechanical engineering 5, 28 (2019)
open access and submitted version
DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2019.00028

Dynamic shear force microscopy

M.-D. Krass, N. N. Gosvami, R. W. Carpick, M. H. Müser, and R. Bennewitz,
Dynamic shear force microscopy of nanometer-confined hexadexane layers ,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 28, 13004 (2016).
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/13/134004.

Friction and adhesion hysteresis of polymer brushes

Sissi de Beer, G. Djuijé Kenmoé and Martin H. Müser,
On the friction and adhesion hysteresis between polymer
brushes attached to curved surfaces,
Friction 3, 148-160 (2015). (accepted version)
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-015-0078-2

Critical constrictions

Wolf B. Dapp and Martin H. Müser,
Contact mechanics of and Reynolds flow through saddle points,
EPL 109, 44001 (2015).
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/109/44001

Polymer-brush preparation

de Beer, S., Kutnyanszky, E., Müser, M. H., Vancso, G. J. ,
Preparation and Friction Force Microscopy Measurements of Immiscible, Opposing Polymer Brushes,
J. Vis. Exp. (94), e52285 (2014)
http://www.jove.com/video/52285.
doi:10.3791/52285

Polymer-brush tilting in frictional contacts

Sissi de Beer and Martin H. Müser,
Friction in (im-)miscible polymer brush systems and the role of transverse polymer-tilting,
Macromolecules 47, 7666-7673 (2014). (accepted preprint)
DOI information: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma501718b

Reducing friction

Sissi de Beer, Edit Kutnyanszky, Peter M. Schön, G. Julius Vansco, and Martin H. Müser,
Solvent induced immiscibility of polymer brushes eliminates dissipation channels,
Nat. Commun. 5, 3781 (2014),
DOI: doi:10.1038/ncomms4781
(accepted version and supplementary material).

Layering of ionic liquids

Judith Hoth, Florian Hausen, Martin H. Müser, and Roland Bennewitz,
Force microscopy of layering and friction in an ionic liquid ,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 26, 284110 (2014).
(accepted version)
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/28/284110

Dissipation mechanisms for polymer brushes

Sissi de Beer and Martin H. Müser,
Alternative dissipation mechanisms and the effect of the solvent in friction
between polymer brushes on rough surfaces,
Soft Matter 9, 7234 – 7241 (2013); (accepted version) and (supplementary material).
DOI: C3SM50491C, elected to be a hot paper of July 2013 by RSC

Velocity dependence of friction

M. H. Müser,
The velocity dependence of kinetic friction in the Prandtl-Tomlinson model,
Phys. Rev. B 84, 125419 (2011); (accepted version), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.125419

The friction of wrinkles

H. Mohammadi and M. H. Müser,
The friction of wrinkles
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 224301 (2010), (accepted version), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.224301

Origin of the isotope effect on solid friction

Y. Mo, M. H. Müser, and I. Szlufarska,
Origin of the isotope effect on solid friction,
Phys. Rev. B 80, 155438 (2009). (accepted version).
DOI information: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155438.

Atomistic modeling of friction

N. J. Mosey and M. H. Müser,
Atomistic modeling of friction,
Rev. Comp. Chem. 25, 67-124 (2007),
K. B. Lipkowitz, R. Larter, and T. R. Cundari, Eds., Wiley-VCH, New York
Available upon request.

Theoretical Aspects of Superlubricity

M. H. Müser,
Theoretical Aspects of Superlubricity,
in Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale, E. Gnecco and E. Meyer (Eds.), pp. 177-200 (Springer, Berlin, 2007)

Theory and simulation of friction and lubrication

M. H. Müser,
Theory and simulation of friction and lubrication,
Lecture Notes in Physics 704, 65-104 (Springer, Berlin, 2006). (reprint, 3.5M).

Energy dissipation via quantum chemical hysteresis during high-pressure compression: A first-principles molecular dynamics study of phosphates

N. J. Mosey, T. K. Woo, and M. H. Müser,
Energy dissipation via quantum chemical hysteresis during high-pressure compression: A first-principles molecular dynamics study of phosphates,
Phys. Rev. B 72, 054124 (2005) (preprint).

Molecular mechanisms for the functionality of lubricant additives

N. J. Mosey, M. H. Müser, and T. K. Woo,
Molecular mechanisms for the functionality of lubricant additives,
Science 307, 1612-1615 (2005); (full version / abstract only).
In the science media:

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Online edition of the Discovery Channel

Science News (US) and Science Now (UK)

CHEMICAL and Engineering News

A theoretical and computational study of superlubricity and the role of the roughness exponent

M. H. Müser and C. Campana,
A theoretical and computational study of superlubricity and the role of the roughness exponent, in Proceedings WTC2005 World Tribology Congress III (Eds. R.S.Cowan, J.Tichy, S.Gunsel, J.Knight), paper WTC2005-63868; ASME, New York, NY, 2005. (accepted version).

Calculations of the threshold force and threshold power to move adsorbed nanoparticles

D. A. Aruliah, M. H. Müser, and U. D. Schwarz,
Calculations of the threshold force and threshold power to move adsorbed nanoparticles,
Phys. Rev. B 71, 085406 (2005); (submitted version).
selected for VJ Nanoscale Sci. & Technol., Vol. 11, Issue 7, 2005.

Structural lubricity: Role of dimension and symmetry

M. H. Müser,
Structural lubricity: Role of dimension and symmetry,
Europhys. Lett. 66, 97-103 (2004); cond-mat/0311182.

Sliding-induced non-equilibrium in confined systems

M. H. Müser,
Sliding-induced non-equilibrium in confined systems,
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 790, T2.2.1-T2.2.11 (2004); (preprint).

Nature of instabilities in boundary lubricants and their effect on kinetic friction

M. H. Müser and M. Aichele,
Nature of instabilities in boundary lubricants and their effect on kinetic friction,
in Dynamics and Friction at Sub-Micron Confining Systems, (ACS Symposium Series 882, Eds. Y. Braiman, J.M. Drake, F. Family, and J. Klafter (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004).

Statistische Mechanik der Reibung und die Amontons’schen Gesetze

M. H. Müser,
Statistische Mechanik der Reibung und die Amontons’schen Gesetze,
Physik Journal 2 (Nr. 9), 43-48 (2003); (preprint).

Kinetic friction and atomistic instabilities in boundary-lubricated systems

M. Aichele and M. H. Müser,
Kinetic friction and atomistic instabilities in boundary-lubricated systems,
Phys. Rev. E 68 016125:1-14 (2003); cond-mat/0306091.

Statistical mechanics of static and low-velocity kinetic friction

M. H. Müser, M. Urbakh, and M. O. Robbins,
Statistical mechanics of static and low-velocity kinetic friction,
Adv. Chem. Phys. 126, 187-272 (2003). Available upon request.

Atomistic simulations of solid friction

M. H. Müser,
Atomistic simulations of solid friction,
(invited chapter for) Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 605, Bridging the Time Scales: Molecular Simulations for the Next Decade (Springer, Berlin, 2002); (pdf-preprint).

Nature of mechanical instabilities and their effect on kinetic friction

M. H. Müser,
Nature of mechanical instabilities and their effect on kinetic friction,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, art. nr. 224301 (2002); cond-mat/0204395.

Towards an atomistic understanding of solid friction by computer simulations

M. H. Müser,
Towards an atomistic understanding of solid friction by computer simulations,
Comput. Phys. Comm. 146, 54-62 (2002).

Tribological behavior of very thin confined films

M. H. Müser,
Tribological behavior of very thin confined films,
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 651, T4.8.1-T4.8.6 (2001); cond-mat/0012100.

Friction laws for elastic nano-scale contacts

L. Wenning and M. H. Müser,
Friction laws for elastic nano-scale contacts,
Europhys. Lett. 54, 693-699 (2001); cond-mat/0010396.

Theory and simulations of friction between flat surfaces lubricated by submonolayers

M. H. Müser,
Theory and simulations of friction between flat surfaces lubricated by submonolayers,
in Fundamentals of Tribology and Bridging the Gap between Macro- and Micro/Nanoscales, pp. 235-240
Ed. B. Bhushan (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 2001).