Liang Cao, Ri Liu, Dongdong Liu, Peng Lang, Wenxiao Zhang, Sadaf Saeed, Zhengxun Song, Zhankun Weng, Zuobin Wang
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Abstract
Understanding the interlayer interaction between 2D layered structures is critical for the construction of various micro- and nanoscale functional devices. However, both the normal and the tangential interlayer interactions between 2D layered materials have rarely been studied simultaneously. In this work, an immersion and lift-up method is proposed to wrap a layer of graphene flakes onto a plasma-pretreated atomic force microscopy (AFM) nanoprobe for the measurements of interaction forces by AFM. The normal interactions (adhesion force and adhesion energy) and tangential interactions (friction force) between two different probes (Pt-coated probe and graphene-wrapped probe) and two different 2D graphene materials [graphene and graphene oxide (GO)] were systematically measured, respectively. The adhesion energies of Pt–GO, Pt–graphene, graphene–GO, and graphene–graphene were measured to be 0.72 ± 0.05, 0.41 ± 0.03, 0.19 ± 0.02, and 0.10 ± 0.02 J m–2, respectively. The graphene–graphene contact pair showed the lowest adhesion force (5.57 ± 1.03 nN) and adhesion energy (0.10 ± 0.02 J m–2), which was attributed to the strong covalent bonds and charge density distribution. The friction coefficients of Pt–GO, graphene–GO, Pt–graphene, and graphene–graphene were determined to be 0.38, 0.14, 0.054, and 0.013. The graphene–graphene tribo-pair exhibited a superlow friction state for a long time, which was attributed to incommensurate contact and weak van der Waals interactions. These findings provide a technical route to reveal the interlayer interactions of various 2D layered materials, which can be widely applied in microelectromechanical systems.
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Langmuir is an interdisciplinary journal publishing articles in the following subject categories:
Colloids: surfactants and self-assembly, dispersions, emulsions, foams
Interfaces: adsorption, reactions, films, forces
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However, when high-impact, original work is submitted that does not fit within the above categories, decisions to accept or decline such papers will be based on one criteria: What Would Irving Do?
Langmuir ranks #2 in citations out of 136 journals in the category of Physical Chemistry with 113,157 total citations. The journal received an Impact Factor of 4.384*.
This journal is also indexed in the categories of Materials Science (ranked #1) and Multidisciplinary Chemistry (ranked #5).