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Calculated contact areas and static friction forces for 150 nm Au particles of different faceting.
| shape | contact area, nm2 | static friction, nN |
| tetrahedral | 9743 | 2768 |
| decahedral | 3652 | 1038 |
| truncated icosahedral hexagonal facet | 3474 | 987 |
| icosahedral | 2693 | 765 |
| truncated icosahedral pentagonal facet | 2301 | 654 |
