Quantification of the surface morphology of lubricant films with polar end groups using molecular dynamics simulation: Periodic changes in morphology depending on film thickness

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Ogata, Susumu ^a,b   Zhang, Hedong ^a   Fukuzawa, Kenji ^a   Mitsuya, Yasunaga ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Bead spring polymer model; Cluster; Lennard Jones potential; Lubricant surface; Molecular dynamics simulation; PFPE model; Polar lubricant

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEAD-SPRING POLYMER MODEL; CLUSTER; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYMER MODELS;

AGGLOMERATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FILM THICKNESS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SOLID LUBRICANTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 77955257782     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2842297     Document Type: Article

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