Friction and energy dissipation mechanisms in adsorbed molecules and molecularly thin films

J Krim - Advances in Physics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This review provides an overview of recent advances that have been achieved in
understanding the basic physics of friction and energy dissipation in molecularly thin …

Influence of chain ordering on frictional properties of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) in nano-lubrication

H Cheng, Y Hu - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2012 - Elsevier
Adhesion of organic films to substrates is important in applications that involve solid surfaces
in sliding contact. Although the thickness of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) is only a few …

Computational tribochemistry: A review from classical and quantum mechanics studies

HTT Ta, NV Tran, AK Tieu, H Zhu, H Yu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent years have witnessed the acceleration of research on tribochemical reactions in the
tribology area. Together with new experimental findings, atomic modeling has increasingly …

Packing-Density Effects on the Friction of n-Alkane Monolayers

PT Mikulski, JA Harrison - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
The classical molecular dynamics simulations presented here examine the tribology
associated with the sliding of a hydrogen-terminated diamond counterface across a …

Frictional dynamics of perfluorinated self-assembled monolayers on amorphous SiO2

CD Lorenz, EB Webb, MJ Stevens, M Chandross… - Tribology Letters, 2005 - Springer
Silicon micromachines in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are coated with self-
assembled monolayers (SAMs) in order to reduce the wear and stiction that are …

Friction force microscopy: towards quantitative analysis of molecular organisation with nanometre spatial resolution

GJ Leggett, NJ Brewer, KSL Chong - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
Friction force microscopy (FFM) is a technique based upon scanning force microscopy that
provides information on the properties of molecular materials. Continuum mechanics …

Comparisons of models for simulating energy transfer in Ne-atom collisions with an alkyl thiolate self-assembled monolayer

T Yan, WL Hase - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2002 - ACS Publications
A range of attributes of a molecular dynamics model for Ne-atoms colliding with an-
hexylthiolate self-assembled monolayer (SAM)/Au {111} surface are investigated to …

Molecular dynamics simulations of mixed lubrication with smooth particle post-processing

S Eder, A Vernes, G Vorlaufer… - Journal of Physics …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A post-processing method for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of friction based on the
smooth particle approach is proposed, allowing—among other features—the introduction …

Odd and even model self-assembled monolayers: links between friction and structure

PT Mikulski, LA Herman, JA Harrison - Langmuir, 2005 - ACS Publications
The friction between an amorphous carbon tip and two n-alkane monolayers has been
examined using classical molecular dynamics simulations. The two monolayers have the …

Investigating alkylsilane monolayer tribology at a single-asperity contact with molecular dynamics simulation

AZ Summers, CR Iacovella, PT Cummings, C McCabe - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Chemisorbed monolayer films are known to possess favorable characteristics for nanoscale
lubrication of micro-and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS). Prior studies have …