Tribological properties of graphene, boron nitride and silicene: an investigation by reactive molecular dynamics

• Grant number: 12/12448-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Grantee: Tiago Botari
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/11986-7 - Ab initio investigation of mechanical, vibrational and electronic properties of carbon nitride materials, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

In this project we intend to investigate the tribological properties of graphene, boron nitride and silicene. Using molecular dynamics techniques coupled to reactive force fields (ReaxFF) we try to mimic the experimental conditions of atomic force microscopy experiments. We intend to investigate how these properties depend on the materials, number of layers, and morphological and dynamics AFT tip. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BOTARI, Tiago. Simulações atomísticas de materiais bidimensionais: siliceno, grafeno e nitreto de carbono. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin Campinas, SP.