Structural superlubricity and ultralow friction across the length scales

O Hod, E Meyer, Q Zheng, M Urbakh - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Structural superlubricity, a state of ultralow friction and wear between crystalline surfaces, is
a fundamental phenomenon in modern tribology that defines a new approach to lubrication …

Thermal transport of carbon nanomaterials

XK Chen, KQ Chen - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The diversity of thermal transport properties in carbon nanomaterials enables them to be
used in different thermal fields such as heat dissipation, thermal management, and …

Efficient Implementation of a van der Waals Density Functional:<? format?> Application to Double-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

G Román-Pérez, JM Soler - Physical review letters, 2009 - APS
We present an efficient implementation of the van der Waals density functional of Dion et
al.[Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 246401 (2004)] PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett …

Realization of a micrometre-sized stochastic heat engine

V Blickle, C Bechinger - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
The conversion of energy into mechanical work is essential for almost any industrial
process. The original description of classical heat engines by Sadi Carnot in 1824 has …

Nanoscale organic thermoelectric materials: measurement, theoretical models, and optimization strategies

YJ Zeng, D Wu, XH Cao, WX Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The demands for waste heat energy recovery from industrial production, solar energy, and
electronic devices have resulted in increasing attention being focused on thermoelectric …

A synthesis parameter of molten salt nanofluids for solar thermal energy storage applications

MAM Akanda, D Shin - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle dispersions at a minute concentration in salt mixtures have recently been
reported to significantly increase their specific heat capacity. However, there is a …

Room-temperature gating of molecular junctions using few-layer graphene nanogap electrodes

F Prins, A Barreiro, JW Ruitenberg, JS Seldenthuis… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report on a method to fabricate and measure gateable molecular junctions that are
stable at room temperature. The devices are made by depositing molecules inside a few …

Twin-engine Janus supramolecular nanomotors with counterbalanced motion

J Shao, S Cao, H Che, MT De Martino… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular nanomotors were created with two types of propelling forces that were able
to counterbalance each other. The particles were based on bowl-shaped polymer vesicles …

Adhesion and friction in mesoscopic graphite contacts

E Koren, E Lörtscher, C Rawlings, AW Knoll, U Duerig - Science, 2015 - science.org
The weak interlayer binding in two-dimensional layered materials such as graphite gives
rise to poorly understood low-friction characteristics. Accurate measurements of the …

Self‐propelled micro‐/nanomotors based on controlled assembled architectures

X Lin, Z Wu, Y Wu, M Xuan, Q He - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic micro‐/nanomotors (MNMs) are capable of performing self‐propelled motion in
fluids through harvesting different types of energies into mechanical movement, with …