Advancing the mechanical performance of glasses: perspectives and challenges

L Wondraczek, E Bouchbinder, A Ehrlicher… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glasses are materials that lack a crystalline microstructure and long‐range atomic order.
Instead, they feature heterogeneity and disorder on superstructural scales, which have …

Role of interfacial water in adhesion, friction, and wear—A critical review

L Chen, L Qian - Friction, 2021 - Springer
Surficial water adsorption and interfacial water condensation as natural phenomena that can
alter the contact status of the solid interface and tribological performances are crucial in all …

Effects of surface texturing on nanotribological properties and subsurface damage of monocrystalline GaN subjected to scratching investigated using molecular …

J Guo, J Chen, Y Lin, Z Liu, Y Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface nanotribological properties and subsurface damage of flat and textured gallium
nitride (GaN) substrates during both linear and circular nanoscratching processes are …

Study on the tribological properties of copper coated by graphene and h-BN from the atomic scale

G Wang, G Zhao, J Song, Q Ding - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Copper with high thermal and electrical conductivity had been widely utilized as frictional
materials. However, their wear resistance was too weak to meet the actual requirements. In …

Friction-induced subsurface densification of glass at contact stress far below indentation damage threshold

H He, SH Hahn, J Yu, Q Qiao, ACT van Duin, SH Kim - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
It is well known that the densification of oxide glass can occur at high contact pressure
(typically> 5 GPa) under normal indentation conditions. This study reports that when …

Deep insights into interaction behaviour and material removal of β-SiC wafer in nanoscale polishing

TT Do, TH Fang - Tribology International, 2023 - Elsevier
Silicon carbide (β-SiC) polishing aims to maximize material removal rate and surface quality.
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations revealed β-SiC substrate removal methods with …

Sliding of a diamond sphere on fused silica under ramping load

M Liu, Q Zheng, C Gao - Materials Today Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
A diamond sphere of radius 105 μm was used to slide on fused silica under ramping load
from 5 mN to 5 N in order to investigate scratch-induced deformation and micro-cracking of …

Sliding of a diamond sphere on K9 glass under progressive load

M Liu, J Wu, C Gao - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2019 - Elsevier
Micro-scratch tests have been carried out on borosilicate K9 glass using a Rockwell C
diamond indenter with a spherical tip radius 105 μm in order to study deformation/damage …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of adsorbed water on mechanical and mechanochemical properties of silicate glasses

H He, J Yu - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X, 2023 - Elsevier
During the manufacturing and in-service process, the water molecules from the humid or
liquid environments are ubiquitous on glass surface, which can alter the various surface …

Atomistic analysis of the phase transformation and wear regimes of textured Wurtzite-SiC hexagonality using molecular dynamics simulation

TT Do, TH Fang - Tribology International, 2023 - Elsevier
The surface nano-polishing features and wear regime of textured Silicon carbide (SiC)
substrates are studied using molecular dynamics modelling. Surface groove-shaped …