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Frictionless nanohighways on crystalline surfaces
Emanuele Panizon, Andrea Silva, Xin Cao +5
The understanding of friction at nano-scales, ruled by the regular arrangement of atoms, is surprisingly incomplete. Here we provide a unified understanding by studying the interlo…
Moiré-pattern evolution couples rotational and translational friction at crystalline interfaces
Xin Cao, Andrea Silva, Emanuele Panizon +4
The sliding motion of objects is typically governed by their friction with the underlying surface. Compared to translational friction, however, rotational friction has received muc…
Steric hindrance in the on-surface synthesis of diethynyl-linked anthracene polymers
Simona Achilli, Francesco Tumino, Andi Rabia +8
Hybrid sp-sp2 structures can be efficiently obtained on metal substrates via on-surface synthesis. The choice of both the precursor and of the substrate impacts on the effectivenes…
Thermal Friction Enhancement in Zwitterionic Monolayers
Melisa M. Gianetti, Roberto Guerra, Andrea Vanossi +2
We introduce a model for zwitterionic monolayers and investigate its tribological response to changes in applied load, sliding velocity, and temperature by means of molecular-dynam…
Graphdiynes interacting with metal surfaces: first-principles electronic and vibrational properties
Simona Achilli, Alberto Milani, Guido Fratesi +4
Graphdiynes (GDYs) represent a class of 2D carbon materials based on sp-sp hybridization with appealing properties and potential applications. Recent advances have demonstrated…
Pervasive orientational and directional locking at geometrically heterogeneous sliding interfaces
Xin Cao, Emanuele Panizon, Andrea Vanossi +3
Understanding the drift motion and dynamical locking of crystalline clusters on patterned substrates is important for the diffusion and manipulation of nano- and micro-scale object…