A review of recent advances in tribology

Y Meng, J Xu, Z **, B Prakash, Y Hu - Friction, 2020 - Springer
The reach of tribology has expanded in diverse fields and tribology related research
activities have seen immense growth during the last decade. This review takes stock of the …

Tribology of two-dimensional materials: From mechanisms to modulating strategies

S Zhang, T Ma, A Erdemir, Q Li - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials are crystalline materials made of a single or a few
layers of atoms. They have been an active research subject in recent years because of their …

Interlayer friction and superlubricity in single-crystalline contact enabled by two-dimensional flake-wrapped atomic force microscope tips

Y Liu, A Song, Z Xu, R Zong, J Zhang, W Yang… - Acs Nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Interlayer friction between the atomic planes of 2D materials and heterostructures is a
promising probe of the physics in their interlayer couplings and superlubricity. However, it is …

Effects of grain boundary on wear of graphene at the nanoscale: A molecular dynamics study

J Zhang, X Chen, Q Xu, T Ma, Y Hu, H Wang, AK Tieu… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Graphene has shown excellent tribological behaviors, enabling its potential applications as
lubricating and anti-wear coatings, however, the grain boundaries (GBs) formed during the …

Designing nanoindentation simulation studies by appropriate indenter choices: Case study on single crystal tungsten

S Goel, G Cross, A Stukowski, E Gamsjäger… - Computational materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Atomic simulations are widely used to study the mechanics of small contacts for many
contact loading processes such as nanometric cutting, nanoindentation, polishing, grinding …

Anomalous layer-dependent lubrication on graphene-covered substrate: Competition between adhesion and plasticity

Y Chen, Z Guan, J Liu, W Yang, H Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Friction on samples covered by few-layer graphene is well known to exhibit the unique layer
dependence where friction measured by atomic force microscopy at the nanoscale is …

Mechanism research of the laser propulsion of bulk graphene sponge material through high vacuum experiment

L Wang, M Dai, Q Zhao, X Wang - Vacuum, 2021 - Elsevier
Qualitative and quantitative studies have shown that the laser propulsion of bulk graphene
sponge material (LPGS) is efficient, green and stable, which has great value in long-term …

Interphase mechanical behaviours of graphene-copper nanocomposites: A study by in-situ nanoindentations and molecular dynamics simulations

J Ke, Z Yao, J Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2025 - Elsevier
The mechanical property of the interface between graphene and copper (Cu) plays crucial
role in determining the overall mechanical performance of graphene-Cu nanocomposites. In …

[HTML][HTML] Incipient plasticity and fully plastic contact behavior of copper coated with a graphene layer

SY Park, YC Kim, RS Ruoff, JY Kim - APL Materials, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Cu coated with a graphene layer increases the elastic modulus from 163.4 GPa to 176.7
GPa, as analyzed for the initial elastic loading during nanoindentation by the Hertzian …

Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Modeling of Multiscale Active Materials for Next-Generation Energy Storage: Opportunities and Challenges

D Datta - JOM, 2024 - Springer
Although lithium-ion batteries represent the best available rechargeable battery technology,
a significant energy and power density gap exists between LIBs and petrol/gasoline. The …