Effect of Surface Forces on Ultrathin Film Lubrication

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="612195.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2014/612195/figures/612195.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Roughness influenced the film geometry</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="612195.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2014/612195/figures/612195.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Ultrathin film due to reduced gap to nanometer order</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="612195.fig.001c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2014/612195/figures/612195.fig.001c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Film rupture in boundary regime</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Transient nature of lubrication with reduced oil film thickness.</table>

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Figure 1: Effect of Surface Forces on Ultrathin Film Lubrication 