“…Areas of experimentally observed ND traces (Traces), calculated area from friction measurements (Manip), and contact areas calculated by frozen droplet (FDM) and DMT-M (DMT) models. The used parameters are as follows: Θ = 123.8° (contact angle of Ag/SiO 2 ) [27], ν 1 = 0.17 (Poisson’s ratio of SiO 2 ) [28], ν 2 = 0.36 (Poisson’s ratio of Ag) [28], E 1 = 71.7 (Young’s modulus of SiO 2 , GPa) [28], E 1 = E Ag = 82.5 (Young’s modulus of Ag, GPa) [28], γ = 50 × 10 -3 (the work of adhesion, J/m 2 ) [21], z 0 = 0.3 (equilibrium spacing for the Lennard-Jones potential of the surfaces, nm) [29], K = 55.4 (combined elastic modulus, GPa), η = 0.2 (Tabor’s coefficient).…”