Structural superlubricity and ultralow friction across the length scales

Robust microscale superlubricity in graphite/hexagonal boron nitride layered heterojunctions

(2018) Yiming Song et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Interlayer Potential for Homogeneous Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Systems: Reparametrization for Many-Body Dispersion Effects

(2017) Tal Maaravi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Sliding friction of graphene/hexagonal –boron nitride heterojunctions: a route to robust superlubricity

(2017) D. Mandelli et al.   Scientific Reports

Soft Crystals in Flatland: Unraveling Epitaxial Growth

(2016) Michael D. Ward   ACS Nano

Role of structural symmetry breaking in the structurally induced robust superlubricity of graphene and h -BN homo- and hetero-junctions

(2016) Narjes Ansari et al.   CARBON

Interlayer Potential for Graphene/h-BN Heterostructures

(2016) Itai Leven et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Frictional Properties of Nanojunctions Including Atomically Thin Sheets

(2016) Wengen Ouyang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-assembly of graphene ribbons by spontaneous self-tearing and peeling from a substrate

(2016) James Annett et al.   NATURE

Observation of Aubry-type transition in finite atom chains via friction

(2016) Alexei Bylinskii et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Multiwalled nanotube faceting unravelled

(2016) Itai Leven et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Superlubricity of graphene nanoribbons on gold surfaces

(2016) S. Kawai et al.   SCIENCE

Macroscopic self-reorientation of interacting two-dimensional crystals

(2016) C. R. Woods et al.   Nature Communications

Single-Molecule Tribology: Force Microscopy Manipulation of a Porphyrin Derivative on a Copper Surface

(2015) Rémy Pawlak et al.   ACS Nano

Critical Length Limiting Superlow Friction

(2015) Ming Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Sliding Mechanisms in Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride and Graphene: The Effects of Directionality, Thickness, and Sliding Constraints

(2015) Wang Gao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Macroscale superlubricity enabled by graphene nanoscroll formation

(2015) D. Berman et al.   SCIENCE

Adhesion and friction in mesoscopic graphite contacts

(2015) E. Koren et al.   SCIENCE

Ultralow friction regime from the in situ production of a richer fullerene-like nanostructured carbon in sliding contact

(2015) Yongfu Wang et al.   RSC Advances

Relaxation of moiré patterns for slightly misaligned identical lattices: graphene on graphite

(2015) M M van Wijk et al.   2D Materials

Electrotunable Lubricity with Ionic Liquid Nanoscale Films

(2015) O. Y. Fajardo et al.   Scientific Reports

Inter-layer potential for hexagonal boron nitride

(2014) Itai Leven et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Atomic Scale Mechanisms of Friction Reduction and Wear Protection by Graphene

(2014) Andreas Klemenz et al.   NANO LETTERS

Superlubric to stick-slip sliding of incommensurate graphene flakes on graphite

(2014) M. M. van Wijk et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Wafer-Scale Growth of Single-Crystal Monolayer Graphene on Reusable Hydrogen-Terminated Germanium

(2014) J.-H. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Superlubric Sliding of Graphene Nanoflakes on Graphene

(2013) Xiaofeng Feng et al.   ACS Nano

The Registry Index: A Quantitative Measure of Materials′ Interfacial Commensurability

(2013) Oded Hod   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Van der Waals heterostructures

(2013) A. K. Geim et al.   NATURE

Towards macroscale superlubricity

(2013) Michael Urbakh   Nature Nanotechnology

Superlubricity in centimetres-long double-walled carbon nanotubes under ambient conditions

(2013) Rufan Zhang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Scaling Laws of Structural Lubricity

(2013) Dirk Dietzel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Observation of High-Speed Microscale Superlubricity in Graphite

(2013) Jiarui Yang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Colloquium: Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale

(2013) Andrea Vanossi et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Friction by Shear Deformations in Multilayer Graphene

(2012) M. Reguzzoni et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Robust Superlubricity in Graphene/h-BN Heterojunctions

(2012) Itai Leven et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Adhesion-dependent negative friction coefficient on chemically modified graphite at the nanoscale

(2012) Zhao Deng et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Interlayer commensurability and superlubricity in rigid layered materials

(2012) Oded Hod   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

(In)commensurability, scaling, and multiplicity of friction in nanocrystals and application to gold nanocrystals on graphite

(2012) A. S. de Wijn   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Control of Nanoscale Friction on Gold in an Ionic Liquid by a Potential-Dependent Ionic Lubricant Layer

(2012) James Sweeney et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Observation of Microscale Superlubricity in Graphite

(2012) Ze Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Static and dynamic friction in sliding colloidal monolayers

(2012) A. Vanossi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Low friction and rotational dynamics of crystalline flakes in solid lubrication

(2011) Astrid S. de Wijn et al.   EPL

A graphite nanoeraser

(2011) Ze Liu et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Observation of kinks and antikinks in colloidal monolayers driven across ordered surfaces

(2011) Thomas Bohlein et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Global energy consumption due to friction in passenger cars

(2011) Kenneth Holmberg et al.   TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Frictional Characteristics of Atomically Thin Sheets

(2010) C. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Dynamic superlubricity and the elimination of wear on the nanoscale

(2009) Mark A. Lantz et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Atomic-scale simulations on the sliding of incommensurate surfaces: The breakdown of superlubricity

(2009) Woo Kyun Kim et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Protein Friction Limits Diffusive and Directed Movements of Kinesin Motors on Microtubules

(2009) V. Bormuth et al.   SCIENCE

CHEMISTRY: Repair or Replacement--A Joint Perspective

(2009) J. Klein   SCIENCE

Self-Retracting Motion of Graphite Microflakes

(2008) Quanshui Zheng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Torque and Twist against Superlubricity

(2008) Alexander E. Filippov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Sweet, Hairy, Soft, and Slippery

(2008) S. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Subnanometer Motion of Cargoes Driven by Thermal Gradients Along Carbon Nanotubes

(2008) A. Barreiro et al.   SCIENCE