Adhesion, friction and tribochemical reactions at the diamond–silica interface

M Cutini, G Forghieri, M Ferrario, MC Righi - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Diamond-based coatings are employed in several technological applications, for their
outstanding mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and chemical stability. Of significant …

Nanotribological Properties of Oxidized Diamond/Silica Interfaces: Insights into the Atomistic Mechanisms of Wear and Friction by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics …

HTT Ta, NV Tran, MC Righi - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling friction and wear at silica–diamond interfaces is crucial for their relevant
applications in tribology such as micro-electromechanical systems and atomic force …

Aromatic molecules as sustainable lubricants explored by ab initio simulations

S Peeters, G Losi, S Loehlé, MC Righi - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
In pursuit of sustainable lubricant materials, the in situ formation of graphitic material has
been shown to effectively reduce friction at metallic interfaces. Aromatic molecules are …

Simple periodic boundary conditions for molecular simulation of uniaxial flow

M Dobson, AKA Geraldo - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We present rotating periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) for the simulation of
nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) under uniaxial stretching flow (USF) or biaxial …

Convergence of Nonequilibrium Langevin Dynamics for Planar Flows

M Dobson, AKA Geraldo - Journal of Statistical Physics, 2023 - Springer
We prove that incompressible two-dimensional nonequilibrium Langevin dynamics (NELD)
converges exponentially fast to a steady-state limit cycle. We use automorphism remapping …

ANALYSIS OF NONEQUILIBRIUM LANGEVIN DYNAMICS FOR STEADY HOMOGENEOUS FLOWS

AKA Geraldo - 2023 - scholarworks.umass.edu
First, we propose using rotating periodic boundary conditions (PBCs)[13] to simulate
nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) in uniaxial or biaxial stretching flow. These …