Iron-Nanoparticle Driven Tribochemistry Leading to Superlubric Sliding Interfaces
Abstract
Any moving mechanical system consisting of sliding/rolling or rotating interfaces experiences friction and wear. High contact pressure and shear during relative movement of the sliding interfaces in the presence of lubricants often lead to interesting tribochemical activity at nanoscale, which then greatly influences the tribological performance of the mechanical systems at macroscale. Understanding these tribochemical interactions and to be able to manipulate them will be a key in designing smart solid lubricants that can self-generate at the sliding interfaces and thus help in drastically improving the overall efficiency of these moving mechanical systems. In this study, it is demonstrated that solid lubricant consisting graphene mixed with iron nanoparticles (NPs) under high contact pressures at the sliding interface undergo tribochemical reaction leading to the formation of onion-like-carbon nanostructures (OLCs). Combining with atomistic molecular dynamic simulations, the tribochemical mechanism of formation of OLC with pure iron NPs and how that depends sensitively on the core-shell chemistry of the nanoparticle is elucidated. Interestingly, the formed OLCs lead to the near-zero friction (superlubricity) during sliding in dry conditions, thus demonstrating great potential to be used as a solid lubricant for various tribological applications.
- Authors:
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[1]
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials ; Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Applied Materials Division
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1631974
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1577414
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; AC02‐06CH11357; AC02‐05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 2196-7350
- Publisher:
- Wiley-VCH
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Superlubricity; Graphene; Iron; Iron Oxide; Nanoparticles; Tribochemistry
Citation Formats
Berman, Diana, Mutyala, Kalyan C., Srinivasan, Srilok, Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., Erdemir, Ali, Shevchenko, Elena V., and Sumant, Anirudha V. Iron-Nanoparticle Driven Tribochemistry Leading to Superlubric Sliding Interfaces. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/admi.201901416.
Berman, Diana, Mutyala, Kalyan C., Srinivasan, Srilok, Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., Erdemir, Ali, Shevchenko, Elena V., & Sumant, Anirudha V. Iron-Nanoparticle Driven Tribochemistry Leading to Superlubric Sliding Interfaces. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201901416
Berman, Diana, Mutyala, Kalyan C., Srinivasan, Srilok, Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S., Erdemir, Ali, Shevchenko, Elena V., and Sumant, Anirudha V. Fri .
"Iron-Nanoparticle Driven Tribochemistry Leading to Superlubric Sliding Interfaces". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201901416. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1631974.
@article{osti_1631974,
title = {Iron-Nanoparticle Driven Tribochemistry Leading to Superlubric Sliding Interfaces},
author = {Berman, Diana and Mutyala, Kalyan C. and Srinivasan, Srilok and Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S. and Erdemir, Ali and Shevchenko, Elena V. and Sumant, Anirudha V.},
abstractNote = {Any moving mechanical system consisting of sliding/rolling or rotating interfaces experiences friction and wear. High contact pressure and shear during relative movement of the sliding interfaces in the presence of lubricants often lead to interesting tribochemical activity at nanoscale, which then greatly influences the tribological performance of the mechanical systems at macroscale. Understanding these tribochemical interactions and to be able to manipulate them will be a key in designing smart solid lubricants that can self-generate at the sliding interfaces and thus help in drastically improving the overall efficiency of these moving mechanical systems. In this study, it is demonstrated that solid lubricant consisting graphene mixed with iron nanoparticles (NPs) under high contact pressures at the sliding interface undergo tribochemical reaction leading to the formation of onion-like-carbon nanostructures (OLCs). Combining with atomistic molecular dynamic simulations, the tribochemical mechanism of formation of OLC with pure iron NPs and how that depends sensitively on the core-shell chemistry of the nanoparticle is elucidated. Interestingly, the formed OLCs lead to the near-zero friction (superlubricity) during sliding in dry conditions, thus demonstrating great potential to be used as a solid lubricant for various tribological applications.},
doi = {10.1002/admi.201901416},
journal = {Advanced Materials Interfaces},
number = 23,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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