Mesotribology
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[DEFINITION]
Tribology applying to the intermediate mesoscopic area between the
microscopic world and the macroscopic world.
[DESCRIPTION]
Tribology deals with friction and wear in the macroscopic world.
On the other hand,two major topics of micro-tribology research are the investigation of tribology
phenomena on an atomic or molecular scale, and the quantification of characteristics in friction or
wear. If the macro-characteristics generated on both surfaces undergoing relative motion are traced
to where they originate, the minimum unit of the atomic or molecule cluster causing those
characteristics is reached. Observation on a finer scale reaches a boundary at which these
characteristics disappear. Mesotribology pursues new developments on the micro-macro boundary by
bringing together atoms on a subnanometer scale to create a mesoscopic scale and investigating the
tribological phenomena on this scale.
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[Related Terms]
Micro-tribology