Frictional properties of mixed fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon silane monolayers: A simulation study

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 14218-14226

  Lewis, J Ben ^a   Vilt, Steven G ^a   Rivera, Jose L ^a,c   Jennings, G Kane ^a   McCabe, Clare ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE LAYERS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTACTING SURFACES; CRITICAL SURFACE TENSION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FLUORINATED MATERIALS; FLUORINATED MONOLAYER; FRICTION REDUCTION; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL FORCES; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; HIGH THERMAL; HYDROCARBON CHAINS; LENGTH DIFFERENCE; LIQUID-LIKE LAYER; LOAD DEPENDENCE; MIXED MONOLAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MONOLAYER COATINGS; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NORMAL LOADS; PURE HYDROCARBONS; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SILANE MONOLAYERS; SILICA SURFACE; SIMULATION STUDIES; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE COVERAGES; SURFACE FORCES; VOLUME RATIO;

CHAIN LENGTH; COATINGS; HYDROCARBONS; IMAGE CODING; LUBRICANTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICA; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

FLUOROCARBON; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FRICTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

FLUOROCARBONS; FRICTION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SILANES;

EID: 84867471896     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3024315     Document Type: Article

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