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C. L. GAINES1 has recently discussed the motion which long-chain polar molecules in mono-molecular layers on solid surfaces may undergo. His work leads to considerations of lubrication phenomena which he reports in progress.
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THORNTON, B. Motion of Molecules in Very Thin Films between Sliding Surfaces. Nature 188, 802 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188802a0
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