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Graphene Confers Ultralow Friction on Nanogear Cogs

Andrea Mescola, Guido Paolicelli, Sean P. Ogilvie, Roberto Guarino, James G. McHugh, Alberto Rota, Erica Iacob, Enrico Gnecco, Sergio Valeri, Nicola M. Pugno, Venkataramana Gadhamshetty, Muhammad M. Rahman, Pulickel Ajayan, Alan B. Dalton, Manoj Tripathi

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Abstract Friction‐induced energy dissipation impedes the performance of nanomechanical devices. Nevertheless, the application of graphene is known to modulate frictional dissipation by inducing local strain. This work reports on the nanomechanics of graphene conformed on different textured silicon surfaces that mimic the cogs of a nanoscale gear. The variation in the pitch lengths regulates the strain induced in capped graphene revealed by scanning probe techniques, Raman spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics simulation. The atomistic visualization elucidates asymmetric straining of CC bonds over the corrugated architecture resulting in distinct friction dissipation with respect to the groove axis. Experimental results are reported for strain‐dependent solid lubrication which can be regulated by the corrugation and leads to ultralow frictional forces. The results are applicable for graphene covered corrugated structures with movable components such as nanoelectromechanical systems, nanoscale gears, and robotics.
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Nanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications · Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research · Graphene research and applications

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Affiliations

CNR‐Istituto Nanoscienze ‐ Centro S3 Via Campi 213 Modena 41125 Italy

Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RH UK

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Swiss Plasma Center (SPC) Villigen PSI CH‐5232 Switzerland

Department of Chemistry Loughborough University Loughborough LE11 3TU UK

Department of Physics Informatics and Mathematics University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Via Campi 213 Modena 41125 Italy

Fondazione Bruno Kessler Sensors and Devices via Sommarive 18 Trento 38123 Italy

Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Jagiellonian University Lojasiewicza 11 Krakow 30‐348 Poland

Laboratory of Bio‐Inspired Bionic, Nano, Meta, Materials and Mechanics Department of Civil Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento Via Mesiano, 77 Trento 38123 Italy

School of Engineering and Materials Science Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS UK

Department Civil and Environmental Engineering South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City SD 57701 USA

Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering Rice University Houston TX 7705 USA

Funding

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

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