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The harmonic analysis of the symmetry breaking is used to study the interaction and inter-layer motion of double-wall carbon nanotubes shells. The tremendous total symmetry reduction with respect to the high symmetry of the isolated layers results in low interaction: its decreasing with the symmetry breaking rate explains the observed small friction.
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Vuković, T., Milošević, I. & Damnjanović, M. Symmetry breaking breaks friction. Acta Phys. Hung. A 19, 237–240 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1556/APH.19.2004.3-4.13
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