Superlubric polycrystalline graphene interfaces

Xiang Gao; Wengen Ouyang; Michael Urbakh; Oded Hod

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25750-w

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Superlubric polycrystalline graphene interfaces

Xiang Gao,
Wengen Ouyang,
Michael Urbakh,
Oded Hod

Affiliations

Xiang Gao: 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
Wengen Ouyang: Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University
Michael Urbakh: 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
Oded Hod: 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

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25750-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Achieving ultra-low friction at macroscopic scales is highly desirable. In this work molecular dynamics simulations of graphitic contacts incorporating corrugated grain boundaries reveal an unusual non-monotonic variation of friction with normal load and temperature due to dynamic buckling effects.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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