Effective stick-slip parameter for structurally lubric 2D interface friction
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| author | Wang, Jin Vanossi, Andrea Tosatti, Erio |
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| contents | The wear-free sliding of layers or flakes of graphene-like 2D materials, important in many experimental systems, may occur either smoothly or through stick-slip, depending on driving conditions, corrugation, twist angles, as well as edges and defects. No single parameter has been so far identified to discriminate a priori between the two sliding regimes. Such a parameter, $η$, does exist in the ideal (Prandtl-Tomlinson) problem of a point particle sliding across a 1D periodic lattice potential. In that case $η>1$ implies mechanical instability, generally leading to stick-slip, with $η= \frac{2π^2 U_0}{K_\mathrm{p} a^2}$, where $U_0$ is the potential magnitude, $a$ the lattice spacing, and $K_\mathrm{p}$ the pulling spring constant. Here we show, supported by a repertoire of graphene flake/graphene sliding simulations, that a similar stick-slip predictor $η_\mathrm{eff}$ can be defined with the same form but suitably defined $U_\mathrm{eff}$, $a_\mathrm{eff}$ and $K_\mathrm{eff}$. Remarkably, simulations show that $a_\mathrm{eff} = a$ of the substrate remains an excellent approximation, while $K_\mathrm{eff}$ is an effective stiffness parameter, combining equipment and internal elasticity. Only the effective energy barrier $U_\mathrm{eff}$ needs to be estimated in order to predict whether stick-slip sliding of a 2D island or extended layer is expected or not. In a misaligned defect-free circular graphene sliding island of contact area $A$, we show that $U_\mathrm{eff}$, whose magnitude for a micrometer size diameter is of order 1 eV, scales as $A^{1/4}$, thus increasing very gently with size. The PT-like parameter $η_\mathrm{eff}$ is therefore proposed as a valuable tool in 2D layer sliding. |
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| spellingShingle | Effective stick-slip parameter for structurally lubric 2D interface friction Wang, Jin Vanossi, Andrea Tosatti, Erio Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics The wear-free sliding of layers or flakes of graphene-like 2D materials, important in many experimental systems, may occur either smoothly or through stick-slip, depending on driving conditions, corrugation, twist angles, as well as edges and defects. No single parameter has been so far identified to discriminate a priori between the two sliding regimes. Such a parameter, $η$, does exist in the ideal (Prandtl-Tomlinson) problem of a point particle sliding across a 1D periodic lattice potential. In that case $η>1$ implies mechanical instability, generally leading to stick-slip, with $η= \frac{2π^2 U_0}{K_\mathrm{p} a^2}$, where $U_0$ is the potential magnitude, $a$ the lattice spacing, and $K_\mathrm{p}$ the pulling spring constant. Here we show, supported by a repertoire of graphene flake/graphene sliding simulations, that a similar stick-slip predictor $η_\mathrm{eff}$ can be defined with the same form but suitably defined $U_\mathrm{eff}$, $a_\mathrm{eff}$ and $K_\mathrm{eff}$. Remarkably, simulations show that $a_\mathrm{eff} = a$ of the substrate remains an excellent approximation, while $K_\mathrm{eff}$ is an effective stiffness parameter, combining equipment and internal elasticity. Only the effective energy barrier $U_\mathrm{eff}$ needs to be estimated in order to predict whether stick-slip sliding of a 2D island or extended layer is expected or not. In a misaligned defect-free circular graphene sliding island of contact area $A$, we show that $U_\mathrm{eff}$, whose magnitude for a micrometer size diameter is of order 1 eV, scales as $A^{1/4}$, thus increasing very gently with size. The PT-like parameter $η_\mathrm{eff}$ is therefore proposed as a valuable tool in 2D layer sliding. |
| title | Effective stick-slip parameter for structurally lubric 2D interface friction |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13780 |