A coarse-grained simulation for the folding of molybdenum disulphide

作者:Wang, Cui-Xia*; Zhang, Chao; Jiang, Jin-Wu; Rabczuk, Timon
来源:Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics , 2016, 49(2): 025302.
DOI:10.1088/0022-3727/49/2/025302

摘要

We investigate the folding of molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) using coarse-grained (CG) simulations, in which all the parameters are determined analytically from the Stillinger-Weber atomic potential. Owing to its simplicity, the CG model can be used to derive analytic predictions for the relaxed configuration of the folded MoS2 and the resonant frequency for the breathing-like oscillation. We disclose two interesting phenomena for the breathing-like oscillation in the folded MoS2. First, the breathing-like oscillation is self-actuated, since this oscillation can be actuated by intrinsic thermal vibrations without any external actuation force. Second, the resonant frequency of the breathing-like oscillation is insensitive to the adsorption effect. These two features enable practical applications of the folded MoS2 based nanoresonators, where stable resonant oscillations are desirable.