{"title":"The effect of substrate on the tribological properties of graphene","authors":"Xin Feng, Lingling Li, Zhiyong Wei","doi":"10.1109/NEMS50311.2020.9265622","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The tribological properties of graphene on different substrates, such as SiO2, bulk-like MoS2, graphite and PDMS, was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) to establish the relationship between tribological properties and interfacial interactions. The result showed that the mechanically exfoliated graphene has low friction on an atomic flat substrate, such as graphite and bulk MoS2. Moreover, graphene on a soft elastic substrate, such as PDMS will show much higher friction force than that on hard SiO2. Besides, the SiO2 substrate with the plasma treatment can efficiently reduce the friction force of graphene. The friction measurements showed that adhesive attraction between graphene and underlying surface is particularly significant to the tribological properties of graphene. This result can be used for the fabrication of 2D material device with reliable and high performance since the interaction between 2D materials and underlying surface can be modulated by adjusting the topography of both surfaces.","PeriodicalId":6787,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE 15th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular System (NEMS)","volume":"102 1","pages":"377-381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2020 IEEE 15th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular System (NEMS)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEMS50311.2020.9265622","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The tribological properties of graphene on different substrates, such as SiO2, bulk-like MoS2, graphite and PDMS, was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) to establish the relationship between tribological properties and interfacial interactions. The result showed that the mechanically exfoliated graphene has low friction on an atomic flat substrate, such as graphite and bulk MoS2. Moreover, graphene on a soft elastic substrate, such as PDMS will show much higher friction force than that on hard SiO2. Besides, the SiO2 substrate with the plasma treatment can efficiently reduce the friction force of graphene. The friction measurements showed that adhesive attraction between graphene and underlying surface is particularly significant to the tribological properties of graphene. This result can be used for the fabrication of 2D material device with reliable and high performance since the interaction between 2D materials and underlying surface can be modulated by adjusting the topography of both surfaces.