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Trilayered Film with Excellent Tribological Performance: A Combination of Graphene Oxide and Perfluoropolyethers

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In the current paper, trilayered films (abridged as APS-GO/PFPE) composed of graphene oxide (GO) and perfluoropolyethers (PFPE) were fabricated successfully on the silicon substrate pre-modified with a self-assembled monolayer of 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane. The so-prepared films were characterized by a range of complementary techniques including Raman spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy, to reveal the surface chemical compositions and surface morphologies. Furthermore, the microtribological behavior of the so-prepared films was studied on a ball-on-plate tribometer. The APS-GO/PFPE film showed better friction-reducing and wear-resisting properties as compared with the control samples, which was ascribed to the excellent wear-resisting properties of GO and the excellent lubricating nature and low shear strength of PFPE.

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The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51102028 and 51105352) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions on Renewable Energy Material Science and Engineering for financial support.

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  1. Center for Low-Dimensional Materials, Micro-nano Devices and System, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Photovolatic Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Ying Wang, Jianning Ding, Ningyi Yuan & Yuanyuan Zhu

  2. Jiangsu Province Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, People’s Republic of China

    Ying Wang, Haiyang Ji, Jianning Ding, Ningyi Yuan & Yuanyuan Zhu

  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA

    Ying Wang, Joseph C. Cremaldi & Noshir S. Pesika

  4. Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People’s Republic of China

    Lvzhou Li & Jianning Ding

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Wang, Y., Ji, H., Li, L. et al. Trilayered Film with Excellent Tribological Performance: A Combination of Graphene Oxide and Perfluoropolyethers. Tribol Lett 60, 41 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-015-0618-y

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