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Tribological Properties of Graphene and Boron-Nitride Layers: A Fully Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2012

Ricardo P. dos Santos ,
Leonardo D. Machado ,
Sergio B. Legoas  and
Douglas S. Galvao
Ricardo P. dos Santos
Affiliation:
Physics Department, IGCE, State University of São Paulo (Unesp), Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil Applied Physics Department, Campinas State University, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
Leonardo D. Machado
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Department, Campinas State University, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
Sergio B. Legoas
Affiliation:
Physics Department, CCT, Roraima Federal University, Boa Vista, RR, 69304-000, Brazil
Douglas S. Galvao
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Department, Campinas State University, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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Abstract

Graphene has been one of the most important subjects in materials science in the last years. Recently, the frictional characteristics of atomically thin sheets were experimentally investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). A new mechanism to explain the enhanced friction for these materials, based on elastic compliance has been proposed. Here, we have investigated the tribological properties of graphene and boron-nitride (single and multi-layers) membranes using fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. These simulations were carried out using classical force fields, as implemented in the Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) code. The used structural models contain typically hundreds of thousands of atoms. In order to mimic the experimental conditions, an artificial AFM tip was moved over the membranes and the tribological characteristics determined in terms of forces and energies. Our results are in good agreement with the available experimental data. They show that the observed enhanced tribological properties can be explained in terms of out-of-plane geometrical distortions and elastic waves propagation. They validate the general features of the model proposed by Lee et al. (Science 328, 76 (2010).

Keywords

tribologyelastic propertiesnano-indentation
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1407: Symposium AA – Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene and Related Nanostructures , 2012 , mrsf11-1407-aa10-44
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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