Atomistic modelling of friction of Cu and Au nanoparticles adsorbed on graphene

作者：Khomenko A V^*; Prodanov N V; Persson B N J

来源：Condensed Matter Physics, 2013, 16(3): UNSP 33401.

DOI：10.5488/CMP.16.33401

• nanotribology
• molecular dynamics
• nanoparticle
• friction force
• atomic force microscopy
• graphene

We present classical molecular dynamics calculations of the behavior of copper and gold nanoparticles on a graphene sheet, sheared with a constant applied force F-a. The force F-s acting on the particle from the substrate depends on the material of the nanoparticles (Au or Cu), and exhibits a sawtooth dependency on time, which we attribute to local commensurability between the metal nanoparticle surface atomic positions with the graphene lattice. The time-averaged value of F-s (the friction force) acting on Au nanoparticles increases linearly with the contact area, having slopes close to the experimentally observable ones. A qualitative model is proposed to explain the observed results.

• 出版日期2013