Observation of Aubry-type transition in finite atom chains via friction

The highly nonlinear many-body physics of a chain of mutually interacting atoms in contact with a periodic substrate gives rise to complex static and dynamical phenomena, such as structural phase transitions and friction. In the limit of an infinite chain incommensurate with the substrate, Aubry pre...

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Main Authors: Bylinskii, Alexei (Contributor), Gangloff, Dorian (Contributor), Counts, Ian Thomas Hunt (Contributor), Vuletic, Vladan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2017-05-01T19:28:09Z.
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