カーボンナノチューブの原子スケールの引き剥がし

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Exfoliation and adhesion are a daily ordinary phenomenon. However, these exhibit irregular behaviors on the atomic-and molecular-scale. In this article, we introduce that a carbon nanotube exhibits atomic-scale movements on a graphite substrate, in which stick-slip sliding occurs at the atomic scale while maintaining AB-stacking registry with the graphite substrate. It is expected that the study on exfoliation and adhesion provides control of friction, a stronger adhesion and an easier exfoliation than those of a gecko foot and applications for nanomachine and biomolecular motor.