33 citations · 100 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for
5 papers
Emerging chirality and moiré dynamics in twisted layered material heterostructures
Andrea Silva, Xiang Gao, Melisa M. Gianetti +5
Moiré superstructures arising at twisted 2D interfaces have recently attracted the attention of the scientific community due to exotic quantum states and unique mechanical and trib…
Electric-field frictional effects in confined zwitterionic molecules
Melisa M. Gianetti, Roberto Guerra, Andrea Vanossi +2
We theoretically explore the effect of a transverse electric field on the frictional response of a bi-layer of packed zwitterionic molecules. The dipole-moment reorientation promot…
Lifted graphene nanoribbons on gold: from smooth sliding to multiple stick-slip regimes
Lorenzo Gigli, Nicola Manini, Erio Tosatti +2
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) physisorbed on a Au(111) surface can be picked up, lifted at one end, and made slide by means of the tip of an atomic-force microscope. The dynamical tr…
Friction and Nonlinear Dynamics
N. Manini, O. M. Braun, E. Tosatti +2
The nonlinear dynamics associated with sliding friction forms a broad interdisciplinary research field that involves complex dynamical processes and patterns covering a broad range…
Controlling Microscopic Friction through Mechanical Oscillations
Roberto Guerra, Andrea Vanossi, Michael Urbakh
We study in detail the recent suggestions by Tshiprut et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 016101 (2005)] to tune tribological properties at the nanoscale by subjecting a substrate to peri…