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Wang Y, Yang X, Liang H, Zhao J, Zhang J. Macroscale Superlubricity on Nanoscale Graphene Moiré Structure-Assembled Surface via Counterface Hydrogen Modulation. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2309701. [PMID: 38483889 PMCID: PMC11109616 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Interlayer incommensurateness slippage is an excellent pathway to realize superlubricity of van der Waals materials; however, it is instable and heavily depends on twisted angle and super-smooth substrate which pose great challenges for the practical application of superlubricity. Here, macroscale superlubricity (0.001) is reported on countless nanoscale graphene moiré structure (GMS)-assembled surface via counterface hydrogen (H) modulation. The GMS-assembled surface is formed on grinding balls via sphere-triggered strain engineering. By the H modulation of counterface diamond-like carbon (25 at.% H), the wear of GMS-assembled surface is significantly reduced and a steadily superlubric sliding interface between them is achieved, based on assembly face charge depletion and H-induced assembly edge weakening. Furthermore, the superlubricity between GMS-assembled and DLC25 surfaces holds true in wide ranges of normal load (7-11 N), sliding velocity (0.5-27 cm -1s), contact area (0.4×104-3.7×104 µm2), and contact pressure (0.19-1.82 GPa). Atomistic simulations confirm the preferential formation of GMS on a sphere, and demonstrate the superlubricity on GMS-assembled surface via counterface H modulation. The results provide an efficient tribo-pairing strategy to achieve robust superlubricity, which is of significance for the engineering application of superlubricity.
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- Yongfu Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Solid LubricationLanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of ScienceLanzhou730000China
- Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Wear and Protection of MaterialsLanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid LubricationLanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of ScienceLanzhou730000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid LubricationLanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of ScienceLanzhou730000China
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- Division of Machine ElementsDepartment of Engineering Sciences and MathematicsLuleå University of TechnologyLuleåSE‐97187Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid LubricationLanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of ScienceLanzhou730000China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
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Wu Z, Li X, Peng D, Zheng Q. Positive-Negative Tunable Coefficients of Friction in Superlubric Contacts. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:156201. [PMID: 38683007 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.156201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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In conventional systems, the coefficient of friction (COF) is typically positive, signifying a direct relationship between frictional and normal forces. Contrary to this, we observe that the load dependence of friction exhibits a unique bell-shaped curve when studying the frictional properties between graphite and α-Al_{2}O_{3} surfaces. As the applied normal force increases, the friction initially rises and then decreases. Finite element simulations reveal this behavior is due to edge detachment at the graphite/α-Al_{2}O_{3} interface as the normal force approaches a critical value. Because friction in superlubric contacts predominantly arises from edges, their detachment leads to a decrease in overall friction. We empirically validate these findings by varying the radii of curvature of the tips and the thicknesses of graphite flakes. This unprecedented observation offers a new paradigm for tuning COF in superlubric applications, enabling transitions from positive to negative values.
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- Zhanghui Wu
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Center of Double Helix, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Zhang Y, Hossain MA, Hwang KJ, Ferrari PF, Maduzia J, Peña T, Wu SM, Ertekin E, van der Zande AM. Patternable Process-Induced Strain in 2D Monolayers and Heterobilayers. ACS NANO 2024; 18:4205-4215. [PMID: 38266246 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Strain engineering in two-dimensional (2D) materials is a powerful but difficult to control approach to tailor material properties. Across applications, there is a need for device-compatible techniques to design strain within 2D materials. This work explores how process-induced strain engineering, commonly used by the semiconductor industry to enhance transistor performance, can be used to pattern complex strain profiles in monolayer MoS2 and 2D heterostructures. A traction-separation model is identified to predict strain profiles and extract the interfacial traction coefficient of 1.3 ± 0.7 MPa/μm and the damage initiation threshold of 16 ± 5 nm. This work demonstrates the utility to (1) spatially pattern the optical band gap with a tuning rate of 91 ± 1 meV/% strain and (2) induce interlayer heterostrain in MoS2-WSe2 heterobilayers. These results provide a CMOS-compatible approach to design complex strain patterns in 2D materials with important applications in 2D heterogeneous integration into CMOS technologies, moiré engineering, and confining quantum systems.
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- Yue Zhang
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439 United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Holonyak Micro and Nano Technology Lab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Brilliantov NV, Tsukanov AA, Grebenko AK, Nasibulin AG, Ostanin IA. Atomistic Mechanism of Friction-Force Independence on the Normal Load and Other Friction Laws for Dynamic Structural Superlubricity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:266201. [PMID: 38215361 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.266201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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We explore dynamic structural superlubricity for the case of a relatively large contact area, where the friction force is proportional to the area (exceeding ∼100 nm^{2}) experimentally, numerically, and theoretically. We use a setup composed of two molecular smooth incommensurate surfaces: graphene-covered tip and substrate. The experiments and molecular dynamic simulations demonstrate independence of the friction force on the normal load for a wide range of normal loads and relative surface velocities. We propose an atomistic mechanism for this phenomenon, associated with synchronic out-of-plane surface fluctuations of thermal origin, and confirm it by numerical experiments. Based on this mechanism, we develop a theory for this type of superlubricity and show that friction force increases linearly with increasing temperature and relative velocity for velocities larger than a threshold velocity. The molecular dynamic results are in a fair agreement with predictions of the theory.
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- Nikolay V Brilliantov
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Mathematics, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
- Kemerovo State University, Krasnaya 6, 650000, Kemerovo, Russia
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- Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Liu J, Yang X, Fang H, Yan W, Ouyang W, Liu Z. In Situ Twistronics: A New Platform Based on Superlubricity. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2305072. [PMID: 37867201 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Twistronics, an emerging field focused on exploring the unique electrical properties induced by twist interface in graphene multilayers, has garnered significant attention in recent years. The general manipulation of twist angle depends on the assembly of van der Waals (vdW) layered materials, which has led to the discovery of unconventional superconductivity, ferroelectricity, and nonlinear optics, thereby expanding the realm of twistronics. Recently, in situ tuning of interlayer conductivity in vdW layered materials has been achieved based on scanning probe microscope. In this Perspective, the advancements in in situ twistronics are focused on by reviewing the state-of-the-art in situ manipulating technology, discussing the underlying mechanism based on the concept of structural superlubricity, and exploiting the real-time twistronic tests under scanning electron microscope (SEM). It is shown that the real-time manipulation under SEM allows for visualizing and monitoring the interface status during in situ twistronic testing. By harnessing the unique tribological properties of vdW layered materials, this novel platform not only enhances the fabrication of twistronic devices but also facilitates the fundamental understanding of interface phenomena in vdW layered materials. Moreover, this platform holds great promise for the application of twistronic-mechanical systems, providing avenues for the integration of twistronics into various mechanical frameworks.
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- Jianxin Liu
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, P. R. China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, P. R. China
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Yang D, Qu C, Gongyang Y, Zheng Q. Manipulation and Characterization of Submillimeter Shearing Contacts in Graphite by the Micro-Dome Technique. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:44563-44571. [PMID: 37672630 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Manipulation techniques are the key to measuring fundamental properties of layered materials and their monolayers (2D materials) on the micro- and nanoscale as well as a necessity to the solution of relevant existing challenges. An example is the challenge against upscaling structural superlubricity, a phenomenon of near-zero friction and wear in solid contacts. To date, the largest single structural superlubric contact only has a size of a few tens of micrometers, which is achieved on graphite mesa, a system that has shown microscale superlubricity. The first obstacle against extending the contact size is the lack of suitable manipulation techniques. Here, a micro-dome technique is demonstrated on graphite mesas by shearing contacts 2500 times larger in area than previously possible. With this technique, submillimeter graphite mesas are opened, characterized for the first time, and compared to their microscale counterparts. Interfacial structures, which are possibly related to the failure of superlubricity, are observed: commensurate grains, external steps, and carbon aggregates. Furthermore, a proof-of-concept mechanical model is developed to understand how the micro-dome technique works and to predict its limits. Finally, a dual-axis force measuring device is developed and integrated with the micro-dome technique to measure the normal and lateral forces when shearing submillimeter mesas. These results provide a platform technique for future research on structural superlubricity on different scales and manipulation of structures of layered materials in general.
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- Dinglin Yang
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, PR China
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Yang X, Li R, Wang Y, Zhang J. Tunable, Wide-Temperature, and Macroscale Superlubricity Enabled by Nanoscale Van Der Waals Heterojunction-to-Homojunction Transformation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2303580. [PMID: 37354130 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202303580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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Achieving macroscale superlubricity of van der Waals (vdW) nanopowders is particularly challenging, due to the difficulty in forming ordered junctions before friction and the friction-induced complex contact restructuration among multiple nanometer-sized junctions. Here, a facile way is reported to achieve vdW nanopowder-to-heterojunction conversion by graphene edge-oxygen (GEO) incorporation. The GEO effectively weakens the out-of-plane edge-edge and in-plane plane-edge states of the vdW nanopowder, leading to a coexistent structure of nanoscale homojunctions and heterojunctions on the grinding balls. When sliding on diamond-like carbon surfaces, the ball-supported structure governs macroscale superlubricity by heterojunction-to-homojunction transformation among the countless nanoscale junctions. Furthermore, the transformation guides the tunable design of superlubricity, achieving superlubricity (µ ≈ 0.005) at wide ranges of load, velocity, and temperature (-200 to 300 °C). Atomistic simulations reveal the GEO-enhanced conversion of vdW nanopowder to heterojunctions and demonstrate the heterojunction-to-homojunction transformation superlubricity mechanism. The findings are of significance for the macroscopic scale-up and engineering application of structural superlubricity.
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- Xing Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, 730 000, China
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- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, 730 000, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, 730 000, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Dong R, Lunghi A, Sanvito S. Stiffness and Atomic-Scale Friction in Superlubricant MoS 2 Bilayers. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:6086-6091. [PMID: 37358918 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Molecular dynamics simulations, performed with chemically accurate ab initio machine-learning force fields, are used to demonstrate that layer stiffness has profound effects on the superlubricant state of two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures. We engineer bilayers of different rigidity but identical interlayer sliding energy surface and show that a 2-fold increase in the intralayer stiffness reduces the friction by a factor of ∼6. Two sliding regimes as a function of the sliding velocity are found. At a low velocity, the heat generated by the motion is efficiently exchanged between the layers and the friction is independent of the layer order. In contrast, at a high velocity, the friction heat flux cannot be exchanged fast enough and a buildup of significant temperature gradients between the layers is observed. In this situation, the temperature profile depends on whether the slider is softer than the substrate.
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- Rui Dong
- School of Physics, AMBER and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Physics, AMBER and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Physics, AMBER and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Kim JI, Lee WY, Tokoroyama T, Umehara N. Superlubricity with Graphitization in Ti-Doped DLC/Steel Tribopair: Response on Humidity and Temperature. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:19715-19729. [PMID: 37029740 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c01704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The anti-friction of diamond-like carbon (DLC) is achieved by a well-developed carbonaceous transfer layer, and Ti-doped DLC is developed into a robustly built-up carbonaceous transfer layer. The friction performance of DLC depends on the operating environment, e.g., ambient gas, humidity, temperature, lubricants, and mating material. In this study, we aimed to reveal the environmental sensitivities of Ti-DLC on friction characteristics. To this end, a Ti-DLC was rubbed against a steel ball, and friction behaviors were evaluated with different gas compositions, humidity, and temperature. Finally, we identified that fractional coverage of water on surfaces affected the anti-graphitization on Ti-DLC, leading to avoiding friction reduction.
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- Jae-Il Kim
- Department of Micro-Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Micro-Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Aichi, Japan
- Intelligent Optical Module Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), Cheomdan venture-ro 108-gil 9, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61007, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Micro-Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Micro-Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Aichi, Japan
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Barabas AZ, Sequeira I, Yang Y, Barajas-Aguilar AH, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Sanchez-Yamagishi JD. Mechanically reconfigurable van der Waals devices via low-friction gold sliding. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadf9558. [PMID: 37027469 PMCID: PMC10081839 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf9558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Interfaces of van der Waals (vdW) materials, such as graphite and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), exhibit low-friction sliding due to their atomically flat surfaces and weak vdW bonding. We demonstrate that microfabricated gold also slides with low friction on hBN. This enables the arbitrary post-fabrication repositioning of device features both at ambient conditions and in situ to a measurement cryostat. We demonstrate mechanically reconfigurable vdW devices where device geometry and position are continuously tunable parameters. By fabricating slidable top gates on a graphene-hBN device, we produce a mechanically tunable quantum point contact where electron confinement and edge-state coupling can be continuously modified. Moreover, we combine in situ sliding with simultaneous electronic measurements to create new types of scanning probe experiments, where gate electrodes and even entire vdW heterostructure devices can be spatially scanned by sliding across a target.
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- Andrew Z. Barabas
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan
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Cihan E, Dietzel D, Jany BR, Schirmeisen A. Effect of Amorphous-Crystalline Phase Transition on Superlubric Sliding. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:126205. [PMID: 37027841 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.126205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Structural superlubricity describes the state of greatly reduced friction between incommensurate atomically flat surfaces. Theory predicts that, in the superlubric state, the remaining friction sensitively depends on the exact structural configuration. In particular the friction of amorphous and crystalline structures for, otherwise, identical interfaces should be markedly different. Here, we measure friction of antimony nanoparticles on graphite as a function of temperature between 300 and 750 K. We observe a characteristic change of friction when passing the amorphous-crystalline phase transition above 420 K, which shows irreversibility upon cooling. The friction data is modeled with a combination of an area scaling law and a Prandtl-Tomlinson type temperature activation. We find that the characteristic scaling factor γ, which is a fingerprint of the structural state of the interface, is reduced by 20% when passing the phase transition. This validates the concept that structural superlubricity is determined by the effectiveness of atomic force canceling processes.
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- Ebru Cihan
- Institute of Applied Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center for Biomaterials, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Liu B, Yildirim T, Lü T, Blundo E, Wang L, Jiang L, Zou H, Zhang L, Zhao H, Yin Z, Tian F, Polimeni A, Lu Y. Variant Plateau's law in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide dome networks. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1050. [PMID: 36828812 PMCID: PMC9958105 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36565-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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Since its fundamental inception from soap bubbles, Plateau's law has sparked extensive research in equilibrated states. However, most studies primarily relied on liquids, foams or cellular structures, whereas its applicability has yet to be explored in nano-scale solid films. Here, we observed a variant Plateau's law in networks of atomically thin domes made of solid two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Discrete layer-dependent van der Waals (vdWs) interaction energies were experimentally and theoretically obtained for domes protruding in different TMD layers. Significant surface tension differences from layer-dependent vdWs interaction energies manifest in a variant of this fundamental law. The equivalent surface tension ranges from 2.4 to 3.6 N/m, around two orders of magnitude greater than conventional liquid films, enabling domes to sustain high gas pressure and exist in a fundamentally variant nature for several years. Our findings pave the way towards exploring variant discretised states with applications in opto-electro-mechanical devices.
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- Boqing Liu
- grid.1001.00000 0001 2180 7477School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia
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- grid.21941.3f0000 0001 0789 6880Center for Functional Sensor & Actuator (CFSN), Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- grid.12955.3a0000 0001 2264 7233Department of Physics and Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005 China
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- grid.7841.aDipartimento di Fisica Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- grid.1005.40000 0004 4902 0432School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600 Australia
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- grid.1022.10000 0004 0437 5432Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222 Australia
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- grid.64924.3d0000 0004 1760 5735State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 China
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- grid.64924.3d0000 0004 1760 5735State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 China
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- grid.1022.10000 0004 0437 5432Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222 Australia
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- grid.1001.00000 0001 2180 7477Research School of Chemistry, College of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia
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- grid.1005.40000 0004 4902 0432School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600 Australia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185, Roma, Italy.
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- School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. .,ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Computation and Communication Technology ANU node, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Nguyen DD, Megra YT, Lim T, Suk JW. Tunable Interlayer Interactions in Reduced Graphene Oxide Paper. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:7627-7634. [PMID: 36700883 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Free-standing graphene-based paper-like materials have garnered significant interest for various applications because of their tunable physical and chemical properties, along with unique multilayered structures. Because of the layered configuration of graphene paper, characterization of the interactions between graphene sheets is critical for understanding its fundamental properties and applications. We investigate the interlayer cohesion energies in graphene papers using the mode I fracture concept with double cantilever beam specimens. Mechanical separation along the middle of the graphene paper thickness enables the evaluation of interlayer bonding strength in the paper. Starting from graphene oxide paper, the chemical reduction using hydroiodic acid tunes the interlayer cohesion energy from 11.30 ± 0.25 to 4.78 ± 0.18 J/m2 as the reduction time increases. The interlayer cohesion energy is correlated with the oxygen content, interlayer spacing, and electrical conductivity of graphene papers. This work provides a fundamental characterization of the interlayer cohesion energy of graphene paper and establishes the potential for tunability of the interlayer interactions in graphene paper.
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- Dang Du Nguyen
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Department of Smart Fab. Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Department of Smart Fab. Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Moazzami Gudarzi M, Aboutalebi SH. Mapping the Binding Energy of Layered Crystals to Macroscopic Observables. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2204001. [PMID: 36253141 PMCID: PMC9685473 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Van der Waals (vdW) integration of two dimensional (2D) crystals into functional heterostructures emerges as a powerful tool to design new materials with fine-tuned physical properties at an unprecedented precision. The intermolecular forces governing the assembly of vdW heterostructures are investigated by first-principles models, yet translating the outcome of these models to macroscopic observables in layered crystals is missing. Establishing this connection is, therefore, crucial for ultimately designing advanced materials of choice-tailoring the composition to functional device properties. Herein, components from both vdW and non-vdW forces are integrated to build a comprehensive framework that can quantitatively describe the dynamics of these forces in action. Specifically, it is shown that the optical band gap of layered crystals possesses a peculiar ionic character that works as a quantitative indicator of non-vdW forces. Using these two components, it is then described why only a narrow range of exfoliation energies for this class of materials is observed. These findings unlock the microscopic origin of universal binding energy in layered crystals and provide a general protocol to identify and synthesize new crystals to regulate vdW coupling in the next generation of heterostructures.
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- Mohsen Moazzami Gudarzi
- National Graphene InstituteUniversity of ManchesterManchesterM13 9PLUK
- Department of MaterialsSchool of Natural SciencesThe University of ManchesterManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Condensed Matter National LaboratoryInstitute for Research in Fundamental SciencesTehran19395‐5531Iran
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Rasche B, Brunner J, Schramm T, Ghimire MP, Nitzsche U, Büchner B, Giraud R, Richter M, Dufouleur J. Determination of Cleavage Energy and Efficient Nanostructuring of Layered Materials by Atomic Force Microscopy. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:3550-3556. [PMID: 35427144 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A method is presented to use atomic force microscopy to measure the cleavage energy of van der Waals materials and similar quasi-two-dimensional materials. The cleavage energy of graphite is measured to be 0.36 J/m2, in good agreement with literature data. The same method yields a cleavage energy of 0.6 J/m2 for MoS2 as a representative of the dichalcogenides. In the case of the weak topological insulator Bi14Rh3I9 no cleavage energy is obtained, although cleavage is successful with an adapted approach. The cleavage energies of these materials are evaluated by means of density-functional calculations and literature data. This further validates the presented method and sets an upper limit of about 0.7 J/m2 to the cleavage energy that can be measured by the present setup. In addition, this method can be used as a tool for manipulating exfoliated flakes, prior to or after contacting, which may open a new route for the fabrication of nanostructures.
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- Bertold Rasche
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, 50939 Cologne, Germany
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur 44613, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
- Department of Physics, TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble-INP, Spintec, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
- Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science (DCMS), TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Transport and Devices, TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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Oz A, Dutta D, Nitzan A, Hod O, Koren E. Edge State Quantum Interference in Twisted Graphitic Interfaces. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2102261. [PMID: 35285174 PMCID: PMC9108635 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Zigzag edges in graphitic systems exhibit localized electronic states that drastically affect their properties. Here, room-temperature charge transport experiments across a single graphitic interface are reported, in which the interlayer current is confined to the contact edges. It is shown that the current exhibits pronounced oscillations of up to ≈40 µA with a dominant period of ≈5 Å with respect to lateral displacement that do not directly correspond to typical graphene lattice spacing. The origin of these features is computationally rationalized as quantum mechanical interference of localized edge states showing significant amplitude and interlayer coupling variations as a function of the interface stacking configuration. Such interference effects may therefore dominate the transport properties of low-dimensional graphitic interfaces.
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- Annabelle Oz
- Department of Physical ChemistrySchool of ChemistryThe Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials ScienceTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology InstituteTechnion – Israel Institute of TechnologyHaifa3200003Israel
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- Department of Physical ChemistrySchool of ChemistryThe Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials ScienceTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPA19103USA
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- Department of Physical ChemistrySchool of ChemistryThe Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials ScienceTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv6997801Israel
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology InstituteTechnion – Israel Institute of TechnologyHaifa3200003Israel
- The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy ProgramTechnion – Israel Institute of TechnologyHaifa3200003Israel
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Cao W, Hod O, Urbakh M. Interlayer Registry Index of Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:3353-3359. [PMID: 35394797 PMCID: PMC9140326 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Inspired by the fascinating electronic properties of twisted transition metal dichalcogenides, we extend the registry index approach to quantify the interlayer commensurability of homogeneous and heterogeneous interfaces of MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, and WSe2. The developed geometric measure provides quantitative information about their sliding energy landscape with vast mechanical and tribological implications. Furthermore, the registry index is highly suitable for characterizing surface reconstruction in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide interfaces that dictates their intricate electronic and ferroelectric properties. The simple and intuitive nature of the registry index marks it as a powerful computational tool for studying the fascinating physical phenomena demonstrated by these materials.
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Peng D, Wang J, Jiang H, Zhao S, Wu Z, Tian K, Ma M, Zheng Q. 100 km wear-free sliding achieved by microscale superlubric graphite/DLC heterojunctions under ambient conditions. Natl Sci Rev 2022; 9:nwab109. [PMID: 35070329 PMCID: PMC8776547 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwab109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Wear-free sliding between two contacted solid surfaces is the ultimate goal in the effort to extend the lifetime of mechanical devices, especially when it comes to inventing new types of micro-electromechanical systems where wear is often a major obstacle. Here we report experimental observations of wear-free sliding for a micrometer-sized graphite flake on a diamond-like-carbon (DLC) surface under ambient conditions with speeds up to 2.5 m/s, and over a distance of 100 km. The coefficient of friction (COF) between the microscale graphite flake, a van der Waals (vdW) layered material and DLC, a non-vdW-layered material, is measured to be of the order of \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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- Deli Peng
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Hod O, Urbakh M. Sliding on the edge. NATURE MATERIALS 2022; 21:12-14. [PMID: 34949867 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01112-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Oded Hod
- School of Chemistry and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- School of Chemistry and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Gao X, Sun H, Kang DH, Wang C, Wang QJ, Nam D. Heterostrain-enabled dynamically tunable moiré superlattice in twisted bilayer graphene. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21402. [PMID: 34725380 PMCID: PMC8560801 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00757-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The ability to precisely control moiré patterns in two-dimensional materials has enabled the realization of unprecedented physical phenomena including Mott insulators, unconventional superconductivity, and quantum emission. Along with the twist angle, the application of independent strain in each layer of stacked two-dimensional materials-termed heterostrain-has become a powerful means to manipulate the moiré potential landscapes. Recent experimental studies have demonstrated the possibility of continuously tuning the twist angle and the resulting physical properties. However, the dynamic control of heterostrain that allows the on-demand manipulation of moiré superlattices has yet to be experimentally realized. Here, by harnessing the weak interlayer van der Waals bonding in twisted bilayer graphene devices, we demonstrate the realization of dynamically tunable heterostrain of up to 1.3%. Polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy confirmed the existence of substantial heterostrain by presenting triple G peaks arising from the independently strained graphene layers. Theoretical calculations revealed that the distorted moiré patterns via heterostrain can significantly alter the electronic structure of twisted bilayer graphene, allowing the emergence of multiple absorption peaks ranging from near-infrared to visible spectral ranges. Our experimental demonstration presents a new degree of freedom towards the dynamic modulation of moiré superlattices, holding the promise to unveil unprecedented physics and applications of stacked two-dimensional materials.
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- Xuejiao Gao
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
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Ferrari PF, Kim S, van der Zande AM. Dissipation from Interlayer Friction in Graphene Nanoelectromechanical Resonators. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:8058-8065. [PMID: 34559536 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A unique feature of two-dimensional (2D) materials is the ultralow friction at their van der Waals interfaces. A key question in a new generation of 2D heterostructure-based nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) is how the low friction interfaces will affect the dynamic performance. Here, we apply the exquisite sensitivity of graphene nanoelectromechanical drumhead resonators to compare the dissipation from monolayer, Bernal-stacked bilayer, and twisted bilayer graphene membranes. We find a significant difference in the average quality factors of three resonator types: 53 for monolayer, 40 for twisted and 31 for Bernal-stacked membranes. We model this difference as a combination of change in stiffness and additional dissipation from interlayer friction during motion. We find even the lowest frictions measured on sliding 2D interfaces are sufficient to alter dissipation in 2D NEMS. This model provides a generalized approach to quantify dissipation in NEMS based on 2D heterostructures which incorporate interlayer slip and friction.
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- Paolo F Ferrari
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Li P, Lu J, Wang WY, Sui X, Zou C, Zhang Y, Wang J, Lin D, Lu Z, Song H, Fan X, Hao J, Li J, Liu W. Lattice distortion-enhanced superlubricity of (Mo, X)S 2 (X = Al, Ti, Cr and V) with moiré superlattice. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:16234-16243. [PMID: 34546276 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02382a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials with the advantage of low interlayer shear strain are ultilized as lubricants in aerospace and precision manufacturing. Moiré superlattices (MSL), with attractive physical properties of electronic structures, interlayer hybridization and atomic forces, have been widely investigated in superlubricity, which is caused by elimination of interlayer lock-in by incommensurate atomic reconstruction. Although the foundations of superlubricity and the development of 2D lubricants via vanishing friction have been investigated, it is still important to comprehensively reveal the influence of MSL on the interlayer van der Waals (vdW) interactions of 2D lubricants. Here, the contributions of lattice distortions of solute-doped twisted bilayers (Mo, X)S2 (X = Al, Ti, V and Cr) to superlubricity are comprehensively investigated by high-throughput modelling and DFT-D2 calculations. It is revealed that the lattice distortion not only breaks the interlayer balance of repulsion and van der Waals interactions but also yields layer corrugation. These layer-corrugation-induced changes of the interlayer interactions and spacing distances are utilized to optimize lubricity, which matches with the experimental friction coefficients in the order of (Mo, Al)S2 > (Mo, Cr)S2 > MoS2 >(Mo, V)S2 >(Mo, Ti)S2. The evolutions of the band structures show an exponential relationship of the band edge width and layer deformations, paving a path to accelerate the development of advanced superlubricity materials via lattice distortions.
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- Peixuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
- School of Science, Shenyang Ligong University, Liaoning, 110159, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Chongqing Innovation Center of Northwestern Polytechnical Univerisity, 401135, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Chongqing Innovation Center of Northwestern Polytechnical Univerisity, 401135, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Chongqing Innovation Center of Northwestern Polytechnical Univerisity, 401135, Chongqing, China
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- CAEP Code Center for High Performance Numerical Simulation, Beijing, 100088, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, 100088, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Chongqing Innovation Center of Northwestern Polytechnical Univerisity, 401135, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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The effects of corrugated grain boundaries on the frictional properties of extended planar graphitic contacts incorporating a polycrystalline surface are investigated via molecular dynamics simulations. The kinetic friction is found to be dominated by shear induced buckling and unbuckling of corrugated grain boundary dislocations, leading to a nonmonotonic behavior of the friction with normal load and temperature. The underlying mechanism involves two effects, where an increase of dislocation buckling probability competes with a decrease of the dissipated energy per buckling event. These effects are well captured by a phenomenological two-state model, that allows for characterizing the tribological properties of any large-scale polycrystalline layered interface, while circumventing the need for demanding atomistic simulations. The resulting negative differential friction coefficients obtained in the high-load regime can reduce the expected linear scaling of grain-boundary friction with surface area and restore structural superlubricity at increasing length-scales.
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Ouyang W, Hod O, Urbakh M. Registry-Dependent Peeling of Layered Material Interfaces: The Case of Graphene Nanoribbons on Hexagonal Boron Nitride. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:43533-43539. [PMID: 34486375 PMCID: PMC8488940 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Peeling of layered materials from supporting substrates, which is central for exfoliation and transfer processes, is found to be dominated by lattice commensurability effects in both low and high velocity limits. For a graphene nanoribbon atop a hexagonal boron nitride surface, the microscopic peeling behavior ranges from stick-slip, through smooth-sliding, to pure peeling regimes, depending on the relative orientation of the contacting surfaces and the peeling angle. The underlying mechanisms stem from the intimate relation between interfacial registry, interlayer interactions, and friction. This, in turn, allows for devising simple models for extracting the interfacial adhesion energy from the peeling force traces.
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- Wengen Ouyang
- Department
of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly
Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational
Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly
Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational
Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Yang W, Li M, Xie M, Nie Y, Du A, Tian Y. Localized quenching sites in MAPbI 3 investigated by fluorescence and photothermal microscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:083701. [PMID: 34470388 DOI: 10.1063/5.0048239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, we developed a fluorescence and photothermal microscope with extremely large scanning range and high spatial resolution. We demonstrated the capability of this instrument by simultaneously measuring the photoluminescence and photothermal signals of the CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) film. After scanning the MAPbI3 film on the scale of centimeters, we can obtain information of both emissive and nonemissive processes with a resolution of 200 nm at any location of the large area. We can clearly see the localized photothermal signal while the photoluminescence signal is uniform. These results directly prove that the emissive recombination happens all over the materials, but the nonemissive recombination happens only at certain localized quenching sites. The fluorescence and photothermal microscope with both large scanning range and high spatial resolution can provide information of all the relaxation channels of the excitons, showing potential applications for investigation of photophysical mechanisms in photoelectric materials.
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- Weiqing Yang
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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Gao E, Wu B, Wang Y, Jia X, Ouyang W, Liu Z. Computational Prediction of Superlubric Layered Heterojunctions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:33600-33608. [PMID: 34213300 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Structural superlubricity has attracted increasing interest in modern tribology. However, experimental identification of superlubric interfaces among the vast number of heterojunctions is a trial-and-error and time-consuming approach. In this work, based on the requirements on the in-plane stiffnesses of layered materials and the interfacial interactions at the sliding incommensurate interfaces of heterojunctions for structural superlubricity, we propose criteria for predicting structural superlubricity between heterojunctions. Based on these criteria, we identify 61 heterojunctions with potential superlubricity features from 208 candidates by screening the data of first-principles calculations. This work provides a universal route for accelerating the discovery of new superlubric heterojunctions.
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- Enlai Gao
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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Tang G, Wu Z, Su F, Wang H, Xu X, Li Q, Ma G, Chu PK. Macroscale Superlubricity on Engineering Steel in the Presence of Black Phosphorus. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:5308-5315. [PMID: 34076433 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Friction and wear are the main reasons for decreasing the lifetime of moving mechanical components and causing energy loss. It is desirable to achieve macroscale superlubricity on industrial materials for minimizing friction. Herein, the two-dimensional material black phosphorus (BP) is prepared as an oil-based nanoadditive in oleic acid (OA) and shown to produce macroscale superlubricity at the steel/steel contact under high pressure. Experiments and molecular dynamics simulation reveal that BP quickly captures the carboxylic group and, as a result of the high contact pressure and heat, OA decomposes to release passivating species and recombines to form amorphous carbon giving rise to a composite solid tribofilm with BP. The OA and passivating groups adsorb onto the solid tribofilm to produce the passivating layer, thus resulting in macroscale superlubricity. The findings provide fundamental insight into the nature of tribochemical mechanisms and suggest a new approach to achieve macroscale superlubricity of industrial materials.
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- Gongbin Tang
- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- National Key Lab for Remanufacturing, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Remanufacturing, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, China
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- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- National Key Lab for Remanufacturing, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, China
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- Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Guo Y, Zhou X, Lee K, Yoon HC, Xu Q, Wang D. Recent development in friction of 2D materials: from mechanisms to applications. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:312002. [PMID: 33882478 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abfa52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials with a layered structure are excellent candidates in the field of lubrication due to their unique physical and chemical properties, including weak interlayer interaction and large specific surface area. For the last few decades, graphene has received lots of attention due to its excellent properties. Besides graphene, various new 2D materials (including MoS2, WS2, WSe2, NbSe2, NbTe2, ReS2, TaS2and h-BN etc.) are found to exhibit a low coefficient of friction at the macro- and even micro-scales, which may lead to widespread application in the field of lubrication and anti-wear. This article focuses on the latest development trend in 2D materials in the field of tribology. The review begins with a summary of widely accepted nano-scale friction mechanisms contain surface friction mechanism and interlayer friction mechanism. The following sections report the applications of 2D materials in lubrication and anti-wear as lubricant additives, solid lubricants, and composite lubricating materials. Finally, the research prospects of 2D materials in tribology are presented.
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- Yanbao Guo
- College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam-si, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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Direct measurements of interfacial adhesion in 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures in ambient air. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5607. [PMID: 33154376 PMCID: PMC7645779 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19411-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Interfacial adhesion energy is a fundamental property of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials and van der Waals heterostructures due to their intrinsic ultrahigh surface to volume ratio, making adhesion forces very strong in many processes related to fabrication, integration and performance of devices incorporating 2D crystals. However, direct quantitative characterization of adhesion behavior of fresh and aged homo/heterointerfaces at nanoscale has remained elusive. Here, we use an atomic force microscopy technique to report precise adhesion measurements in ambient air through well-defined interactions of tip-attached 2D crystal nanomesas with 2D crystal and SiOx substrates. We quantify how different levels of short-range dispersive and long-range electrostatic interactions respond to airborne contaminants and humidity upon thermal annealing. We show that a simple but very effective precooling treatment can protect 2D crystal substrates against the airborne contaminants and thus boost the adhesion level at the interface of similar and dissimilar van der Waals heterostructures. Our combined experimental and computational analysis also reveals a distinctive interfacial behavior in transition metal dichalcogenides and graphite/SiOx heterostructures beyond the widely accepted van der Waals interaction.
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Ouyang W, Qin H, Urbakh M, Hod O. Controllable Thermal Conductivity in Twisted Homogeneous Interfaces of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:7513-7518. [PMID: 32898421 PMCID: PMC7586403 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Thermal conductivity of homogeneous twisted stacks of graphite is found to strongly depend on the misfit angle. The underlying mechanism relies on the angle dependence of phonon-phonon couplings across the twisted interface. Excellent agreement between the calculated thermal conductivity of narrow graphitic stacks and corresponding experimental results indicates the validity of the predictions. This is attributed to the accuracy of interlayer interaction descriptions obtained by the dedicated registry-dependent interlayer potential used. Similar results for h-BN stacks indicate overall higher conductivity and reduced misfit angle variation. This opens the way for the design of tunable heterogeneous junctions with controllable heat-transport properties ranging from substrate-isolation to efficient heat evacuation.
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- Wengen Ouyang
- Department
of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly
Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational
Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- State
Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures,
School of Aerospace, Xi’an Jiaotong
University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly
Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational
Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly
Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational
Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Dutta D, Oz A, Hod O, Koren E. The scaling laws of edge vs. bulk interlayer conduction in mesoscale twisted graphitic interfaces. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4746. [PMID: 32958749 PMCID: PMC7506013 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18597-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The unusual electronic properties of edges in graphene-based systems originate from the pseudospinorial character of their electronic wavefunctions associated with their non-trivial topological structure. This is manifested by the appearance of pronounced zero-energy electronic states localized at the material zigzag edges that are expected to have a significant contribution to the interlayer transport in such systems. In this work, we utilize a unique experimental setup and electronic transport calculations to quantitatively distinguish between edge and bulk transport, showing that their relative contribution strongly depends on the angular stacking configuration and interlayer potential. Furthermore, we find that, despite of the strong localization of edge state around the circumference of the contact, edge transport in incommensurate interfaces can dominate up to contact diameters of the order of 2 μm, even in the presence of edge disorder. The intricate interplay between edge and bulk transport contributions revealed in the present study may have profound consequences on practical applications of nanoscale twisted graphene-based electronics.
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- Debopriya Dutta
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 3200003, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IL, 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IL, 6997801, Israel
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 3200003, Haifa, Israel.
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Qu C, Wang K, Wang J, Gongyang Y, Carpick RW, Urbakh M, Zheng Q. Origin of Friction in Superlubric Graphite Contacts. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:126102. [PMID: 33016762 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.126102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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More than thirty years ago, it was theoretically predicted that friction for incommensurate contacts between atomically smooth, infinite, crystalline materials (e.g., graphite, MoS_{2}) is vanishing in the low speed limit, and this corresponding state was called structural superlubricity (SSL). However, experimental validation of this prediction has met challenges, since real contacts always have a finite size, and the overall friction arises not only from the atoms located within the contact area, but also from those at the contact edges which can contribute a finite amount of friction even when the incommensurate area does not. Here, we report, using a novel method, the decoupling of these contributions for the first time. The results obtained from nanoscale to microscale incommensurate contacts of graphite under ambient conditions verify that the average frictional contribution of an inner atom is no more than 10^{-4} that of an atom at the edge. Correspondingly, the total friction force is dominated by friction between the contact edges for contacts up to 10 μm in lateral size. We discuss the physical mechanisms of friction observed in SSL contacts, and provide guidelines for the rational design of large-scale SSL contacts.
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- Cangyu Qu
- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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The exfoliation of graphene has opened a new frontier in material science with a focus on 2D materials. The unique thermal, physical and chemical properties of these materials have made them one of the choicest candidates in novel mechanical and nano-electronic devices. Notably, 2D materials such as graphene, MoS2, WS2, h-BN and black phosphorus have shown outstanding lowest frictional coefficients and wear rates, making them attractive materials for high-performance nano-lubricants and lubricating applications. The objective of this work is to provide a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in the tribological potentials of 2D materials. At first, the essential physical, wear and frictional characteristics of the 2D materials including their production techniques are discussed. Subsequently, the experimental explorations and theoretical simulations of the most common 2D materials are reviewed in regards to their tribological applications such as their use as solid lubricants and surface lubricant nano-additives. The effects of micro/nano textures on friction behavior are also reviewed. Finally, the current challenges in tribological applications of 2D materials and their prospects are discussed.
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Vanossi A, Bechinger C, Urbakh M. Structural lubricity in soft and hard matter systems. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4657. [PMID: 32938930 PMCID: PMC7495432 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18429-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Over the recent decades there has been tremendous progress in understanding and controlling friction between surfaces in relative motion. However the complex nature of the involved processes has forced most of this work to be of rather empirical nature. Two very distinctive physical systems, hard two-dimensional layered materials and soft microscopic systems, such as optically or topographically trapped colloids, have recently opened novel rationally designed lines of research in the field of tribology, leading to a number of new discoveries. Here, we provide an overview of these emerging directions of research, and discuss how the interplay between hard and soft matter promotes our understanding of frictional phenomena. Structural lubricity is one of the most interesting concepts in modern tribology, which promises to achieve ultra-low friction over a wide range of length-scales. Here the authors highlight novel research lines in this area achievable by combining theoretical and experimental efforts on hard two-dimensional materials and soft colloidal and cold ion systems.
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- Andrea Vanossi
- CNR-IOM Democritos National Simulation Center, Trieste, Italy. .,International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.
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- School of Chemistry and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel.
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Wang K, Qu C, Wang J, Quan B, Zheng Q. Characterization of a Microscale Superlubric Graphite Interface. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:026101. [PMID: 32701344 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.026101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Direct characterizations of the two component surfaces of a solid-solid interface are essential for understanding its various interfacial mechanical, physical, and electrical behaviors. Particularly, the fascinating phenomenon termed structural superlubricity, a state of nearly zero friction and wear, is sensitively dependent on the interface structure. Here we report a controllable pick-and-flip technique to separate a microscale contact pair for the characterization of its two component surfaces for van der Waals layered materials. With this technique, the interface of a graphite superlubric contact is characterized with resolution from microscale down to the atomic level. Imaging of the graphite lattice provides direct proof that this superlubric interface consists of two monocrystalline surfaces incommensurate with each other. More importantly, the structure-property relationship for this contact is investigated. Friction measurements combined with fully atomistic molecular dynamics reveal that internal structures [internals steps, pits, and bulges buried underneath the topmost graphene sheet(s)] have negligible contribution to the total friction; in contrast, external defects lead to a high friction. These results help us to better understand the structure of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and the fundamental mechanisms of structural superlubricity, as well as to guide the design of superlubricity-based devices.
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- Kunqi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Institute of Superlubricity Technology, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Applying an increasing normal load on microscale graphite mesas, we observe two dynamic phenomena. First, the loaded mesa suddenly and laterally ejects a thin flake; second, a flake repeatedly pops out of the mesa and retracts back. The measured ejection speeds are extraordinarily high (maximum of 294 m/s), corresponding to ultrahigh accelerations (maximum of 1.1 × 1010 m/s2). These phenomena are a consequence of structural superlubricity, a state of nearly zero friction between two solid surfaces, and may motivate inventions of many superlubric devices, that was first proposed 17 years ago. The structural superlubricity (SSL), a state of near-zero friction between two contacted solid surfaces, has been attracting rapidly increasing research interest since it was realized in microscale graphite in 2012. An obvious question concerns the implications of SSL for micro- and nanoscale devices such as actuators. The simplest actuators are based on the application of a normal load; here we show that this leads to remarkable dynamical phenomena in microscale graphite mesas. Under an increasing normal load, we observe mechanical instabilities leading to dynamical states, the first where the loaded mesa suddenly ejects a thin flake and the second characterized by peculiar oscillations, during which a flake repeatedly pops out of the mesa and retracts back. The measured ejection speeds are extraordinarily high (maximum of 294 m/s), and correspond to ultrahigh accelerations (maximum of 1.1×1010 m/s2). These observations are rationalized using a simple model, which takes into account SSL of graphite contacts and sample microstructure and considers a competition between the elastic and interfacial energies that defines the dynamical phase diagram of the system. Analyzing the observed flake ejection and oscillations, we conclude that our system exhibits a high speed in SSL, a low friction coefficient of 3.6×10−6, and a high quality factor of 1.3×107 compared with what has been reported in literature. Our experimental discoveries and theoretical findings suggest a route for development of SSL-based devices such as high-frequency oscillators with ultrahigh quality factors and optomechanical switches, where retractable or oscillating mirrors are required.
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Luo Y, Zeng C. Negative friction and mobilities induced by friction fluctuation. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2020; 30:053115. [PMID: 32491875 DOI: 10.1063/1.5144556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We study the transport phenomena of an inertial Brownian particle in a symmetric potential with periodicity, which is driven by an external time-periodic force and an external constant bias for both cases of the deterministic dynamics and the existence of friction coefficient fluctuations. For the deterministic case, it is shown that for suitable parameters, the existence of certain appropriate friction coefficients can enhance the transport of the particle, which may be interpreted as the negative friction coefficient; additionally, there coexist absolute, differential negative, and giant positive mobilities with increasing friction coefficients in the system. We analyze physical mechanisms hinted behind these findings via basins of attraction. For the existence of friction coefficient fluctuations, it is shown that the fluctuation can enhance or weaken, even eliminate these phenomena. We present the probability distribution of the particle's velocity to interpret these mobilities and the suitable parameters' regimes of these phenomena. In order to further understand the physical mechanism, we also study diffusions corresponding to these mobilities and find that for the small fluctuation, the negative friction appears, and there coexists absolute negative mobility, superdiffusion, and ballistic diffusion, whereas all of them vanish for the large fluctuation. Our findings may extensively exist in materials, including different defects, strains, the number of interfacial hydrogen bonds, the arrangements of ions, or graphite concentrations, which hints at the existence of different friction coefficients.
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- Yuhui Luo
- Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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Song Y, Qu C, Ma M, Zheng Q. Structural Superlubricity Based on Crystalline Materials. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1903018. [PMID: 31670482 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201903018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Herein, structural superlubricity, a fascinating phenomenon where the friction is ultralow due to the lateral interaction cancellation resulted from incommensurate contact crystalline surfaces, is reviewed. Various kinds of nano- and microscale materials such as 2D materials, metals, and compounds are used for the fabrication. For homogeneous frictional pairs, superlow friction forces exist in most relative orientations with incommensurate configuration. Heterojunctions bear no resemblance to homogeneous contact, since the lattice constants are naturally mismatched which leads to a robust structural superlubricity with any orientation of the two different surfaces. A discussion on the perspectives of this field is also provided to meet the existing challenges and chart the future.
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- Yiming Song
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Androulidakis C, Koukaras EN, Paterakis G, Trakakis G, Galiotis C. Tunable macroscale structural superlubricity in two-layer graphene via strain engineering. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1595. [PMID: 32221301 PMCID: PMC7101365 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15446-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Achieving structural superlubricity in graphitic samples of macroscale size is particularly challenging due to difficulties in sliding large contact areas of commensurate stacking domains. Here, we show the presence of macroscale structural superlubricity between two randomly stacked graphene layers produced by both mechanical exfoliation and chemical vapour deposition. By measuring the shifts of Raman peaks under strain we estimate the values of frictional interlayer shear stress (ILSS) in the superlubricity regime (mm scale) under ambient conditions. The random incommensurate stacking, the presence of wrinkles and the mismatch in the lattice constant between two graphene layers induced by the tensile strain differential are considered responsible for the facile shearing at the macroscale. Furthermore, molecular dynamic simulations show that the stick-slip behaviour does not hold for incommensurate chiral shearing directions for which the ILSS decreases substantially, supporting the experimental observations. Our results pave the way for overcoming several limitations in achieving macroscale superlubricity using graphene.
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- Charalampos Androulidakis
- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou Street, Platani, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou Street, Platani, Patras, 26504, Greece
- Laboratory of Quantum and Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou Street, Platani, Patras, 26504, Greece
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou Street, Platani, Patras, 26504, Greece
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou Street, Platani, Patras, 26504, Greece.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece.
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Cherepanov VV, Naumovets AG, Posudievsky OY, Koshechko VG, Pokhodenko VD. Self-assembly of the deposited graphene-like nanoparticles and possible nanotrack artefacts in AFM studies. NANO EXPRESS 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-959x/ab763a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ma Y, Liu Z, Gao L, Yan Y, Qiao L. Effects of substrate and tip characteristics on the surface friction of fluorinated graphene. RSC Adv 2020; 10:10888-10896. [PMID: 35492954 PMCID: PMC9050434 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra00770f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Maintaining the superior lubricating properties of graphene under chemical modification requires a deep understanding of the origin of its friction enhancement. In this study, the DFT calculations were performed to investigate the effects of substrate and tip characteristics on the frictional properties of fluorinated graphene (FGr) on Cu(111) and Pt(111) substrates. The calculation results indicate that the fluorination will increase the geometrical corrugation of graphene and a stronger reactivity between graphene and substrate could confine the geometrical corrugation. The indentation calculations of an Ar atom on the FGr on Cu(111) and Pt(111) illustrate that geometrical corrugation contributes dominantly to the sliding potential energy corrugation. With respect to a reactive 10-atom Ir tip sliding on the FGr on Pt(111), the F atom transfers from graphene to the tip and the friction evolves into a fluorinated Ir tip sliding on the FGr. As a result, the work against the normal load to lift the tip over the geometrical corrugation starts to play a crucial role in contributing to the surface friction. Thus, reducing the geometrical corrugation of graphene after fluorination through a stronger reactive substrate provides a feasible avenue to preserve the lubricating properties of graphene.
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- Yuan Ma
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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Wu S, He F, Xie G, Bian Z, Ren Y, Liu X, Yang H, Guo D, Zhang L, Wen S, Luo J. Super-Slippery Degraded Black Phosphorus/Silicon Dioxide Interface. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:7717-7726. [PMID: 31944101 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The interfaces between two-dimensional (2D) materials and the silicon dioxide (SiO2)/silicon (Si) substrate, generally considered as a solid-solid mechanical contact, have been especially emphasized for the structure design and the property optimization in microsystems and nanoengineering. The basic understanding of the interfacial structure and dynamics for 2D material-based systems still remains one of the inevitable challenges ahead. Here, an interfacial mobile water layer is indicated to insert into the interface of the degraded black phosphorus (BP) flake and the SiO2/Si substrate owing to the induced hydroxyl groups during the ambient degradation. A super-slippery degraded BP/SiO2 interface was observed with the interfacial shear stress (ISS) experimentally evaluated as low as 0.029 ± 0.004 MPa, being comparable to the ISS values of incommensurate rigid crystalline contacts. In-depth investigation of the interfacial structure through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy depth profiling revealed that the interfacial liquid water was responsible for the super-slippery BP/SiO2 interface with extremely low shear stress. This finding clarifies the strong interactions between degraded BP and water molecules, which supports the potential wider applications of the few-layer BP nanomaterial in biological lubrication.
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- Shuai Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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Kim S, Annevelink E, Han E, Yu J, Huang PY, Ertekin E, van der Zande AM. Stochastic Stress Jumps Due to Soliton Dynamics in Two-Dimensional van der Waals Interfaces. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:1201-1207. [PMID: 31944113 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The creation and movement of dislocations determine the nonlinear mechanics of materials. At the nanoscale, the number of dislocations in structures become countable, and even single defects impact material properties. While the impact of solitons on electronic properties is well studied, the impact of solitons on mechanics is less understood. In this study, we construct nanoelectromechanical drumhead resonators from Bernal stacked bilayer graphene and observe stochastic jumps in frequency. Similar frequency jumps occur in few-layer but not twisted bilayer or monolayer graphene. Using atomistic simulations, we show that the measured shifts are a result of changes in stress due to the creation and annihilation of individual solitons. We develop a simple model relating the magnitude of the stress induced by soliton dynamics across length scales, ranging from <0.01 N/m for the measured 5 μm diameter to ∼1.2 N/m for the 38.7 nm simulations. These results demonstrate the sensitivity of 2D resonators are sufficient to probe the nonlinear mechanics of single dislocations in an atomic membrane and provide a model to understand the interfacial mechanics of different kinds of van der Waals structures under stress, which is important to many emerging applications such as engineering quantum states through electromechanical manipulation and mechanical devices like highly tunable nanoelectromechanical systems, stretchable electronics, and origami nanomachines.
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- SunPhil Kim
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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Zhang Z, Du Y, Huang S, Meng F, Chen L, Xie W, Chang K, Zhang C, Lu Y, Lin C, Li S, Parkin IP, Guo D. Macroscale Superlubricity Enabled by Graphene-Coated Surfaces. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1903239. [PMID: 32099768 PMCID: PMC7029642 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Friction and wear remain the primary modes for energy dissipation in moving mechanical components. Superlubricity is highly desirable for energy saving and environmental benefits. Macroscale superlubricity was previously performed under special environments or on curved nanoscale surfaces. Nevertheless, macroscale superlubricity has not yet been demonstrated under ambient conditions on macroscale surfaces, except in humid air produced by purging water vapor into a tribometer chamber. In this study, a tribological system is fabricated using a graphene-coated plate (GCP), graphene-coated microsphere (GCS), and graphene-coated ball (GCB). The friction coefficient of 0.006 is achieved in air under 35 mN at a sliding speed of 0.2 mm s-1 for 1200 s in the developed GCB/GCS/GCP system. To the best of the knowledge, for the first time, macroscale superlubricity on macroscale surfaces under ambient conditions is reported. The mechanism of macroscale superlubricity is due to the combination of exfoliated graphene flakes and the swinging and sliding of the GCS, which is demonstrated by the experimental measurements, ab initio, and molecular dynamics simulations. These findings help to bridge macroscale superlubricity to real world applications, potentially dramatically contributing to energy savings and reducing the emission of carbon dioxide to the environment.
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- Zhenyu Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Precision and Non‐Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of EducationDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
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- Key Laboratory for Precision and Non‐Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of EducationDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
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- Key Laboratory for Precision and Non‐Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of EducationDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
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- Key Laboratory for Precision and Non‐Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of EducationDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
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- Key Laboratory for Precision and Non‐Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of EducationDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
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- Key Laboratory for Precision and Non‐Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of EducationDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related TechnologiesNingbo Institute of Materials Technology and EngineeringChinese Academy of SciencesNingbo315201China
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- State Key Laboratory of TribologyDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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- Department of ChemistrySchool of Biological and Chemical SciencesQueen Mary University of LondonLondonE1 4NSUK
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- State Key Laboratory of TribologyDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049China
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- Materials Chemistry Research CentreDepartment of ChemistryUniversity College London20 Gordon StreetLondonWC1H 0AJUK
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- Key Laboratory for Precision and Non‐Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of EducationDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
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Ouyang W, Azuri I, Mandelli D, Tkatchenko A, Kronik L, Urbakh M, Hod O. Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Layered Materials under High Pressure: Assessing the Importance of Many-Body Dispersion Effects. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 16:666-676. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wengen Ouyang
- School of Chemistry and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth 76100, Israel
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, L-1511 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth 76100, Israel
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- School of Chemistry and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- School of Chemistry and The Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Wang J, Cao W, Song Y, Qu C, Zheng Q, Ma M. Generalized Scaling Law of Structural Superlubricity. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:7735-7741. [PMID: 31646868 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Structural superlubricity, which promises an ultralow sliding friction due to the cancellation of the lateral force between two incommensurate interfaces, is a fundamental phenomenon in modern tribology. Achieving macroscale superlubricity is critical to its practical application, and the key is understanding how friction scales with real contact area, that is, the scaling law, especially for kinetic friction which accounts for most of the energy dissipation during sliding. Here, inspired by extensive molecular dynamics simulations we introduce an analytical general theory for the scaling law of structural superlubricity, which could well explain existing experimental measurements on the nanoscale. On the microscale, the scaling law is validated by measuring the friction of several microscale superlubric graphite/hexagonal boron nitride heterojunctions. The proposed theory predicts a characteristic size D = O(100 nm) above which the scaling transits from sublinear to linear. Our results provide insights in the origin of friction for structural superlubricity and benefit its application on macroscale.
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Kim D, Yun D. A study on the effect of fingerprints in a wet system. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16554. [PMID: 31719540 PMCID: PMC6851372 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51694-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this paper, we study the influence of the fingerprint and sweat on the fingerprint on the friction between the hand and an object. When sweat contacts a finger or an object, it is sometimes easy to pick up the object. In particular, we can see this phenomenon when grasping a thin object such as paper and vinyl. The reason for this phenomenon is the increase of friction force, and this paper physically analyzes this natural phenomenon. To this end, we investigate the cause of the friction force between a solid and liquid to calculate the friction force when water is present within the fingerprint. To support the theoretical analysis, we conduct experiments to measure the friction force by making a finger-shaped silicon specimen. By comparing the theoretical and experimental results, we defined the change of friction force if there was water in the fingerprint. Through this study, it is possible to analyze the role of the fingerprint and sweat on the finger, and thereby explain the friction change depending on the amount of sweat.
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- Donghyun Kim
- Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology(DGIST), Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu, Republic of Korea, 333 Techno jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-eup, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea
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- Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology(DGIST), Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu, Republic of Korea, 333 Techno jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-eup, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, 42988, South Korea.
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Chen Z, Vazirisereshk MR, Khajeh A, Martini A, Kim SH. Effect of Atomic Corrugation on Adhesion and Friction: A Model Study with Graphene Step Edges. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:6455-6461. [PMID: 31584830 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This Letter reports that the atomic corrugation of the surface can affect nanoscale interfacial adhesion and friction differently. Both atomic force microscopy (AFM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations showed that the adhesion force needed to separate a silica tip from a graphene step edge increases as the side wall of the tip approaches the step edge when the tip is on the lower terrace and decreases as the tip ascends or descends the step edge. However, the friction force measured with the same AFM tip moving across the step edge does not positively correlate with the measured adhesion, which implies that the conventional contact mechanics approach of correlating interfacial adhesion and friction could be invalid for surfaces with atomic-scale features. The chemical and physical origins for the observed discrepancy between adhesion and friction at the atomic step edge are discussed.
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- Zhe Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute , Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California Merced , Merced , California 95343 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California Merced , Merced , California 95343 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California Merced , Merced , California 95343 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute , Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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Wang K, Qu C, Wang J, Ouyang W, Ma M, Zheng Q. Strain Engineering Modulates Graphene Interlayer Friction by Moiré Pattern Evolution. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:36169-36176. [PMID: 31486630 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b09259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The sliding friction of a graphene flake atop strained graphene substrates is studied using molecular dynamics simulation. We demonstrate that in this superlubric system, friction can be reduced nonmonotonically by applying strain, which differs from previously reported results on various 2D materials. The critical strain needed for significant reduction in friction decreases drastically when the flake size increases. For a 250 nm flake, a 0.1% biaxial strain could lead to a more than 2-order-of-magnitude reduction. The underlying mechanism is revealed to be the evolution of Moiré patterns. The area of the Moiré pattern relative to the flake size plays a central role in determining friction in strain engineering and other scenarios of superlubricity as well. This result suggests that strain engineering could be particularly efficient for friction modification with large contacts.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 6997801 , Israel
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Qu C, Shi S, Ma M, Zheng Q. Rotational Instability in Superlubric Joints. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:246101. [PMID: 31322388 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.246101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Surface and interfacial energies play important roles in a number of instability phenomena in liquids and soft matter, but rarely have similar effects in solids. Here, a mechanical instability is reported which is controlled by surface and interfacial energies and is valid for a large class of materials, in particular two-dimensional layered materials. When sliding a top flake cleaved from a square microscale graphite mesa by using a probe acting on the flake through a point contact, it was observed that the flake moved unrotationally for a certain distance before it suddenly transferred to a rotating-moving state. The theoretical analysis was consistent with the experimental observation and revealed that this mechanical instability was an interesting effect of the structural superlubricity (a state of nearly zero friction). Further analysis showed that this type of instability was applicable generally for various sliding joints on different scales, as long as the friction was ultralow. Thus, the uncovered mechanism provides useful knowledge for manipulating and controlling these sliding joints, and can guide the design of future superlubricity-based devices.
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- Cangyu Qu
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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