Title :
Study of the influence of surface acoustic waves on friction
Author :
Hesiedal, T. ; Behme, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We present the study of the influence of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) on point-contact friction in scanning force microscopy. First, the effect of friction reduction due to Rayleigh-type SAWs was demonstrated. In order to visualize the dependence of this effect on the wave amplitude, we mapped standing wave fields in two dimensions. In order to detect and to distinguish between the influence of in-plane and vertical surface oscillation components on the cantilever´s torsion and bending, we employed both lateral force microscopy (LFM) and multimode scanning acoustic force microscopy (SAFM). We found that the friction reduction effect is only due to the vertical oscillation component. Moreover, as this effect doesn´t appear for purely inplane polarized Love waves, we conclude that the mechanical diode effect is most probably responsible for the SAW-induced lubrication
Keywords :
Love waves; Rayleigh waves; atomic force microscopy; friction; lubrication; surface acoustic waves; Love wave; Rayleigh wave; bending; cantilever; lateral force microscopy; lubrication; mechanical diode effect; point contact friction; scanning acoustic force microscopy; scanning force microscopy; standing wave field; surface acoustic wave; surface oscillation; torsion; two-dimensional mapping; Acoustic signal detection; Acoustic waves; Diodes; Friction; Lubrication; Microscopy; Polarization; Sawing machines; Surface acoustic waves; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Juan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6365-5
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2000.922620