• 文献标题:   Revisiting Frictional Characteristics of Graphene: Effect of In-Plane Straining
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XU CC, ZHANG S, DU HZ, XUE T, KANG YL, ZHANG Y, ZHAO P, LI QY
  • 作者关键词:   friction, adhesion, contact interface, in situ measurement, strain engineering
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.2c1044941571
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Supreme mechanical performance and tribological prop-erties render graphene a promising candidate as a surface friction modifier. Recently, it has been demonstrated that applying in-plane strain can effectively tune friction of suspended graphene in a reversible manner. However, since graphene is deposited on solid surfaces in most tribological applications, whether such operation will result in a similar modulation effect becomes a critical question to be answered. Herein, by depositing graphene onto a stretchable substrate, the frictional characteristics of supported graphene under a wide range of strain are examined with an in situ tensile loading platform. The experimental results show that friction of supported graphene decreases with increasing graphene strain, similar to the suspended system. However, depending on the adherence state of the graphene/substrate interface, the system exhibits two distinct friction regimes with significantly different strain dependences. Assisted by detailed atomic force microscopy imaging, we attribute the unique behavior to the transition between two friction modulation modes, i.e., contact-quality-dominated friction and puckering-dominated friction. This work provides a more comprehensive view of the influence of strain on surface friction of graphene, which is beneficial for active modulation of graphene friction through strain engineering.