Feel the squeeze | Nature Physics

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe _Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA_ 113, 9210–9215 (2016) A glass surface feels more slippery to the touch when vibrated at ultrasonic frequencies.

The phenomenon has long been known, but the underlying mechanisms have remained unclear. Michaël Wiertlewski and colleagues now suggest that the reduced friction is due to the skin bouncing

on a 'squeeze film' that forms as the air between the fingertip and the vibrating glass plate is compressed. This mechanism decreases the contact area and thus the friction. This

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squeeze. _Nature Phys_ 12, 821 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3888 Download citation * Published: 02 September 2016 * Issue Date: September 2016 * DOI:

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