Chemical vapor deposition-grown graphene: The thinnest solid lubricant

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5107-5114

  Kim, Kwang Seop ^a   Lee, Hee Jung ^a   Lee, Changgu ^b   Lee, Seoung Ki ^b   Jang, Houk ^b   Ahn, Jong Hyun ^b   Kim, Jae Hyun ^a   Lee, Hak Joo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

adhesion; CVD grown graphene; friction; thin solid lubricant; wear

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR; COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION; CVD-GROWN GRAPHENE; FRICTION FORCE; FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; LOW SURFACE ENERGY; NI METAL; THIN MATERIALS; THIN SOLID LUBRICANT;

ADHESION; CATALYSTS; COPPER; FRICTION; GRAPHENE; MULTILAYER FILMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLID LUBRICANTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRIBOLOGY;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 79959789791     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2011865     Document Type: Article

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