Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2012-04-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
18 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
Superlubricity is a frictionless tribological state sometimes occurring in nanoscale material junctions. It is often associated with incommensurate surface lattice structures appearing at the interface. Here, by using the recently introduced registry index concept which quantifies the registry mismatch in layered materials, we prove the existence of a direct relation between interlayer commensurability and wearless friction in layered materials. We show that our simple and intuitive model is able to capture, down to fine details, the experimentally measured frictional behavior of a hexagonal graphene flake sliding on-top of the surface of graphite. We further predict that superlubricity is expected to occur in hexagonal boron nitride as well with tribological characteristics very similar to those observed for the graphitic system. The success of our method in predicting experimental results along with its exceptional computational efficiency opens the way for modeling large-scale material interfaces way beyond the reach of standard simulation techniques.
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