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  • noun physics friction involving nanosized objects

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  • In these experiments, gold clusters sliding across a graphite surface experience what the researchers have termed "ballistic nanofriction," which caused them to move in a way that is entirely unlike that of larger sliding objects.

    Ars Technica 2010

  • In these experiments, gold clusters sliding across a graphite surface experience what the researchers have termed "ballistic nanofriction," which caused them to move in a way that is entirely unlike that of larger sliding objects.

    Ars Technica 2010

  • In these experiments, gold clusters sliding across a graphite surface experience what the researchers have termed "ballistic nanofriction," which caused them to move in a way that is entirely unlike that of larger sliding objects.

    Ars Technica 2010

  • An experiment to measure nanofriction has surprising results.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

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