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Role of nanoparticles in achieving macroscale superlubricity of graphene/nano-SiO2 particle composites

Show Author's Information Panpan LI1,2,  Li JI1,2( ),  Hongxuan LI1,2( ),  Lei CHEN1,2,  Xiaohong LIU1,2,  Huidi ZHOU1,2,  Jianmin CHEN1,2
Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Wear and Protection of Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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lubrication mechanism, graphene, macroscale superlubricity, nano-SiO2 particles
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LI P, JI L, LI H, et al. Role of nanoparticles in achieving macroscale superlubricity of graphene/nano-SiO2 particle composites. Friction, 2022, 10(9): 1305-1316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-021-0532-2
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Recent studies have reported that adding nanoparticles to graphene enables macroscale superlubricity to be achieved. This study focuses on the role of nanoparticles in achieving superlubricity. First, because graphene nanoscrolls can be formed with nanoparticles as seeds under shear force, the applied load (or shear force) is adjusted to manipulate the formation of graphene nanoscrolls and to reveal the relationship between graphene-nanoscroll formation and superlubricating performance. Second, the load-carrying role of spherical nano-SiO2 particles during the friction process is verified by comparison with an elaborately designed fullerene that possesses a hollow-structured graphene nanoscroll. Results indicate that the incorporated nano-SiO2 particles have two roles in promoting the formation of graphene nanoscrolls and exhibiting load-carrying capacity to support macroscale forces for achieving macroscale superlubricity. Finally, macroscale superlubricity (friction coefficient: 0.006–0.008) can be achieved under a properly tuned applied load (2.0 N) using a simple material system in which a graphene/nano-SiO2 particle composite coating slides against a steel counterpart ball without a decorated diamond-like carbon film. The approach described in this study could be of significance in engineering.


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Role of nanoparticles in achieving macroscale superlubricity of graphene/nano-SiO2 particle composites

Show Author's information Panpan LI1,2, Li JI1,2( ), Hongxuan LI1,2( ), Lei CHEN1,2, Xiaohong LIU1,2, Huidi ZHOU1,2, Jianmin CHEN1,2
Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Wear and Protection of Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract

Recent studies have reported that adding nanoparticles to graphene enables macroscale superlubricity to be achieved. This study focuses on the role of nanoparticles in achieving superlubricity. First, because graphene nanoscrolls can be formed with nanoparticles as seeds under shear force, the applied load (or shear force) is adjusted to manipulate the formation of graphene nanoscrolls and to reveal the relationship between graphene-nanoscroll formation and superlubricating performance. Second, the load-carrying role of spherical nano-SiO2 particles during the friction process is verified by comparison with an elaborately designed fullerene that possesses a hollow-structured graphene nanoscroll. Results indicate that the incorporated nano-SiO2 particles have two roles in promoting the formation of graphene nanoscrolls and exhibiting load-carrying capacity to support macroscale forces for achieving macroscale superlubricity. Finally, macroscale superlubricity (friction coefficient: 0.006–0.008) can be achieved under a properly tuned applied load (2.0 N) using a simple material system in which a graphene/nano-SiO2 particle composite coating slides against a steel counterpart ball without a decorated diamond-like carbon film. The approach described in this study could be of significance in engineering.

Keywords: lubrication mechanism, graphene, macroscale superlubricity, nano-SiO2 particles

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Received: 22 January 2021
Revised: 11 April 2021
Accepted: 28 May 2021
Published: 17 August 2021
Issue date: September 2022

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The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51775537) and Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. Y202084) for financial support.

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