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Frictional Anisotropy of Al, Pt, and Pd Nanoparticles on a Graphene Substrate

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The frictional anisotropy of metallic nanoparticles is investigated using a molecular dynamics method. Calculations of anisotropy have been performed for aluminum, palladium, and platinum nanoparticles containing 10,000 atoms. Anisotropy is studied at high sliding velocities of nanoparticles over the graphene surface. The influences of incommensurability and short-range order of nanoparticles’ contact surfaces lead to the absence of pronounced angular dependence of frictional force.

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Abbreviations

\(\theta\) :

Angle of force application (degrees)

\(F_a\) :

Applied force (nN)

F :

Total frictional force (nN)

\(F_{x,y}\) :

Frictional force components along x and y axes (nN)

\(L_{x,y,z}\) :

Sizes of nanoparticle along x, y, and z axes (nm)

\(F_{sy}\) :

Substrate force along y axis (nN)

\(y_{\mathrm{CM}}\) :

y component of the center of mass position of nanoparticle (nm)

\(v_{y}\) :

y component of the center of mass velocity of nanoparticle (m/s)

T :

System temperature (K)

t :

Time (s)

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This study is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of project “Atomistic and statistical representation of formation and friction of nanodimensional systems” (No. 0118U003584) and visitor grant of Forschungszentrum-Jülich, Germany. A. K. is thankful to Dr. Bo N. J. Persson for hospitality during his stay in Forschungszentrum-Jülich.

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    Alexei Khomenko & Bo N. J. Persson

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Khomenko, A., Zakharov, M. & Persson, B.N.J. Frictional Anisotropy of Al, Pt, and Pd Nanoparticles on a Graphene Substrate. Tribol Lett 67, 113 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-019-1226-z

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