Bulk vs nanoscale WS2: Finite size effects and solid-state lubrication

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2365-2369

  Brown, S ^a,e   Musfeldt, J L ^a   Mihut, I ^b   Betts, J B ^b   Migliori, A ^b   Zak, A ^c   Tenne, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NanoMaterials Ltd   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; ELASTIC MODULI; ENTROPY; LUBRICATION; NANOPARTICLES; SPECIFIC HEAT; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; WAVELENGTH;

FINITE SIZE EFFECTS; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; PHONON DENSITY;

PHONONS;

NANOMATERIAL; SULFUR; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548160290     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0710147     Document Type: Article

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