Ultrahigh interlayer friction in multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 688-693

  Nigues A ^a   Siria, A ^a   Vincent, P ^a   Poncharal, P ^a   Bocquet, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BORON NITRIDE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; QUARTZ; TRIBOLOGY;

CHARGE LOCALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES; MULTIWALLED BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; NANO MANIPULATOR; SLIDING FRICTION; VISCOUS FRICTION;

FRICTION;

EID: 84903192828     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3985     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Vanossi, A., Manini, N., Urbakh, M., Zapperi, S. & Tosatti, E. Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale. Rev. Mod. Phys. 85, 529 (2013).
2. Persson, B. N. J. Sliding Friction - Physical Principle and Applications 2nd edn (Springer, 2000).
3. Krim, J. Friction and energy dissipation mechanisms in adsorbed molecules and molecularly thin films. Adv. Phys. 61, 155-323 (2012).
4. Dienwiebel, M. et al. Superlubricity of graphite. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 126101 (2004).
5. Urbakh, M. & Meyer, E. The renaissance of friction. Nature Mater. 9, 8-10 (2010).
6. Socoliuc, A. et al. Atomic-scale control of friction by actuation of nanometer-sized contacts. Science 313, 207-210 (2006). (Pubitemid 44066248)
7. Lee, C. et al. Frictional characteristics of atomically thin sheets. Science 328, 76-80 (2010).
8. Lucas, M. et al. Hindered rolling and friction anisotropy in supported nanotubes. Nature Mater. 87, 876-881 (2009).
9. Jacobs, T. D. B. & Carpick, R. W. Nanoscale wear as a stress-assisted chemical reaction. Nature Nanotech. 8, 108-112 (2013).
10. Kisiel, M. et al. Suppression of electronic friction on Nb films in the superconducting state. Nature Mater. 10, 119-122 (2011).
11. Ogletree, D. F., Park, J. Y., Salmeron, M. & Thiel, P. A. Electronic control of friction in silicon pn junctions. Science 313, 186 (2006). (Pubitemid 44066242)
12. Gostman, B. Tribology: sliding on vacuum. Nature Mater. 10, 87-88 (2011).
13. Siria, A. et al. Electron fluctuation induced resonance broadening in nano electromechanical systems: The origin of shear force in vacuum. Nano Lett. 12, 3551-3556 (2012).
14. Cumings, J. & Zettl, A. Low-friction nanoscale linear bearing realized from multiwall nanotubes. Science 289, 602-604 (2000). (Pubitemid 30622059)
15. Kis, A. Jensen, K. Aloni, S. Mickelson & W. Zettl, A. Interlayer forces and ultralow sliding friction in multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025501 (2006).
16. Zhang, R. et al. Superlubricity in centimetres-long double-walled carbon nanotubes under ambient conditions. Nature Nanotech. 8, 912-916 (2013).
17. Arenal, R., Blase, X. & Loiseau, A. Boron-nitride and boron-carbonitride nanotubes: synthesis, characterization and theory. Adv. Phys. 59, 101-179 (2010).
18. Siria, A. et al. Giant osmotic energy conversion in a single transmembrane boron nitride nanotube. Nature 494, 455-458 (2013).
19. Karrai, K. & Grober, R. D. Piezoelectric tip-sample distance control for near field optical microscopes. Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 1842 (1995).
20. Giessibl, F. J. High-speed froce sensor for force microscopy and profilometry utilizing a quartz tuning fork. Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 3956 (1998).
21. Labardi, M. & Allegrini, M. Non-contact friction force microscopy based on quartz tuning fork sensors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 174104 (2006).
22. Rodrigues, M. et al. Probing the elastic properties of individual nanostructures by combining in-situ atomic force micrscopy and micro-X-ray diffraction. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 23109 (2009).
23. Perisanu, S. et al. Mechanical properties of SiC nanowires determined by scanning electron and field emission microscopies. Phys. Rev. B. 77, 165434 (2008).
24. Poncharal, P., Wang, Z. L., Ugarte, D. & de Heer, W. A. Electrostatic deflections and electromechanical resonances of carbon nanotubes. Science 283, 1513-1516 (1999).
25. Bechelany, M. et al. Preparation of BN microtubes/nanotubes with unique chemical process. J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 18325 (2008).
26. Celik-Aktas, A., Zuo, J-M., Stubbins, J. F., Tang, C. & Bando, Y. Double-helix structure in multiwall boron nitride nanotubes. Acta Crystallogr. A61, 533-541 (2005). (Pubitemid 43934208)
27. Garel, J. et al. Ultrahigh torsional stiffness and strength of boron nitride nanotubes. Nano Lett. 12, 6347-6352 (2012).
28. Chui, H-C., Dogan, S., Volkmann, M., Klinke, C. & Riedo, E. Adhesion and size dependent friction anisotropy in boron nitride nanotubes. Nanotechnology 23, 455706 (2012).