We found that the confined nanoscale water enhances the lateral forces via capillary grip-induced stick-slip on a rough surface, resulting in an increase of static lateral force (3-fold for both substrates) and kinetic lateral force (6-fold for glass, 3-fold for mica). This work provides ...
We present capillary grip-induced stick-slip motion,a nanoscale tribological effect,where the role of a nanoscale confined water meniscus formed between a buckled sharp tip and a glass or mica surface is addressed by shear dynamic force measurement.We obtained the effective elasticity,viscosity,...