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