University of Pennsylvania engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale


	University of Pennsylvania engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale

tabsey

6-24-2008 7:59 AM

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tabsey says:

Interesting. I had it wrong as to why they have little friction.

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