Very low viscosity at the solid–liquid interface induced by adsorbed C60 monolayers

MOLECULES of C 60 (refs 1–4) are near-perfect spheres, and in the crystalline solid each molecule rotates rapidly while remaining at its lattice position. Speculation that this property may be conducive to good lubrication has not been borne out by experiments, at least for C 60 on its own 5–8 . Her...

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