Yoshinobu and his co-workers investigated the frictional and lubricational properties of concentrated polymer brushes in ionic liquids and toluene using the colloidal probe AFM technique.
Lubrication mechanism of concentrated polymer brushes in solvents: Effect of solvent viscosity by Akihiro nomura, Kohji Ohno, Takeshi Fukuda, Takaya Sato and Yoshinobu Tsusi Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, 148-153.
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