Novel Friction Properties of Quasicrystals

Presenter Full Name
Dr. Jeong Park
Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Year & Semester
2005 Spring
Presentation Date
February 22, 2005

Dr. Jeong Park of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will describe the nanomechanical properties of quasicrystals probed with a scanning probe microscope, and discuss how their low friction is correlated with their exotic atomic structure.