Journal
CARBON
Volume 197, Issue -, Pages 183-191Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2022.06.030
Keywords
Graphene; Stainless -steel; Friction; Molecular dynamics
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52075129]
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This study analyzed the frictional behavior of graphene on stainless-steel surfaces through molecular dynamics simulations. The results revealed that the polycrystalline character and multielement characteristics of stainless-steel play a crucial role in the adsorption state and frictional performance of graphene, providing theoretical foundations for the application of graphene on stainless-steel surfaces.
During the last few years, friction studies of graphene applied to stainless-steel materials have mainly focused on the macroscopic scale, but the friction behavior and friction mechanism of graphene on stainless-steel surfaces at the nanoscale are still unclear. Here, the frictional behavior of graphene on stainless-steel was analyzed by molecular dynamics simulations. The results show that the average adsorption energy between stainless-steel and graphene is large, but the graphene/stainless-steel system exhibits frictional strengthening behavior. The frictional strengthening behavior decreases with the increase of the number of graphene layers. In addition, the frictional strengthening behavior appears only in localized regions of graphene on the stainless-steel surface. We demonstrate that the polycrystalline character of stainless-steel is a key factor in the appearance of frictional strengthening behavior. The presence of stainless-steel grain boundaries causes the change of graphene adsorption state, which leads to the appearance of graphene friction forcing behavior. Moreover, the multielement characteristics of stainless-steel exacerbate the influence of grain boundaries on the graphene adsorption state. The correlation between stainless-steel grain boundaries and graphene frictional behavior provides insight into the application of graphene on stainless-steel surfaces.
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