Defects, Corrugation and Temperature Govern Rarefied-Air Drag on Graphene Coatings
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| author | Cajahuaringa, Samuel Bidoggia, Davide Peressi, Maria Marrazzo, Antimo |
| author_facet | Cajahuaringa, Samuel Bidoggia, Davide Peressi, Maria Marrazzo, Antimo |
| contents | In rarefied atmospheric environments, where continuum fluid dynamics breaks down, aerodynamic drag is governed by gas-surface momentum exchange, making surface structure and chemistry key design knobs. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that coating the $α$-Al2O3(0001) surface with graphene markedly reduces the tangential momentum accommodation coefficient (TMAC) of N2, shifting scattering toward more specular reflection and thereby lowering drag; we further benchmark this response against graphite. The reduction strengthens up to 900 K. While structural defects can increase TMAC via defect-induced corrugation and local atomic and electronic rearrangements, graphene retains its performance at experimentally relevant defect densities. |
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| spellingShingle | Defects, Corrugation and Temperature Govern Rarefied-Air Drag on Graphene Coatings Cajahuaringa, Samuel Bidoggia, Davide Peressi, Maria Marrazzo, Antimo Materials Science Chemical Physics Fluid Dynamics In rarefied atmospheric environments, where continuum fluid dynamics breaks down, aerodynamic drag is governed by gas-surface momentum exchange, making surface structure and chemistry key design knobs. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that coating the $α$-Al2O3(0001) surface with graphene markedly reduces the tangential momentum accommodation coefficient (TMAC) of N2, shifting scattering toward more specular reflection and thereby lowering drag; we further benchmark this response against graphite. The reduction strengthens up to 900 K. While structural defects can increase TMAC via defect-induced corrugation and local atomic and electronic rearrangements, graphene retains its performance at experimentally relevant defect densities. |
| title | Defects, Corrugation and Temperature Govern Rarefied-Air Drag on Graphene Coatings |
| topic | Materials Science Chemical Physics Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00285 |