Atomic-scale wear of amorphous hydrogenated carbon during intermittent contact: A combined study using experiment, simulation, and theory

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7027-7040

  Vahdat, Vahid ^a   Ryan, Kathleen E ^b   Keating, Pamela L ^b   Jiang, Yijie ^a   Adiga, Shashishekar P ^c,e   Schall, J David ^d   Turner, Kevin T ^a   Harrison, Judith A ^b   Carpick, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^d Oakland University   (United States)

^e LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; AIREBO; atomic scale wear; contact mechanics; DLC; molecular dynamics; tapping mode

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

AFM; AIREBO; ATOMIC SCALE; CONTACT MECHANICS; DLC; TAPPING MODES;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 84904724444     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501896e     Document Type: Article

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