title: Transition from smooth sliding to stick-slip motion in a single frictional contact.
abstract: We show that the transition from smooth sliding to stick-slip motion in a single planar frictional junction always takes place at an atomic-scale relative velocity of the substrates.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03028 Kiev, Ukraine. obraun@iop.kiev.au
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peyrard
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bortolani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vanossi