• 文献标题:   Superlubricity of a graphene/MoS2 heterostructure: a combined experimental and DFT study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG LF, ZHOU X, MA TB, LIU DM, GAO L, LI X, ZHANG J, HU YZ, WANG H, DAI YD, LUO JB
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   28
  • DOI:   10.1039/c7nr01451a
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Graphene and other two-dimensional materials have been proved to be able to offer low friction. Here we assembled van der Waals heterostructures with graphene and molybdenum disulphide monolayers. The Raman spectrum together with a modified linear chain model indicate a two-orders-of-magnitude decrease in the interlayer lateral force constant, as compared with their homogeneous bilayers, indicating a possible routine to achieve superlubricity. The decrease in the interlayer lateral force constant is consistent with the ultrasmall potential energy corrugation during sliding, which is derived from density functional theory calculations. The potential energy corrugation is found to be determined by the sliding-induced interfacial charge density fluctuation, suggesting a new perspective to understand the physical origin of the atomic scale friction of two-dimensional materials.