Macroscopic attractive forces between solid surfaces separated by 10–100 nm I. The theory of a novel dynamic-jump technique of measurement
- 8 October 1982
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 383 (1785) , 279-294
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1982.0131
Abstract
The theoretical aspects of a dynamic-jump method, measuring directly the macroscopic attractive forces between solid surfaces, are discussed. We show that a certain separation regime provides for a point of unstable equilibrium, and the location of this point allows forces to be measured close to the contact equilibrium position, well beyond that accessible by earlier static-jump methods.Keywords
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