Tuning the Friction of Graphene on Mica by Alcohol Intercalation.

Edwin Dollekamp, Pantelis Bampoulis, Martin H Siekman, E Stefan Kooij, Harold J W Zandvliet

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Article in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Edwin DollekampPhysics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology , University of Twente , P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede , The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8956-5785

Pantelis BampoulisPhysics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology , University of Twente , P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede , The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2347-5223

Martin H SiekmanPhysics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology , University of Twente , P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede , The Netherlands.

E Stefan KooijPhysics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology , University of Twente , P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede , The Netherlands.

Harold J W ZandvlietPhysics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology , University of Twente , P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede , The Netherlands.

University of Twente · NL

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Abstract

The friction of graphene on mica was studied using lateral force microscopy. We observed that intercalation of alcohol molecules significantly increases the friction of graphene, as compared to water. An increase of 1.8, 2.4, and 5.9 times in friction between the atomic force microscopy tip and single-layer graphene was observed for methanol, ethanol, and 2-propanol, respectively. Moreover, the friction of graphene is found to be higher for single-layer graphene than for multilayer graphene. We attribute the increase in friction to the additional vibrational modes of alcohol molecules. The significant variation of the frictional characteristics of graphene at the nanoscale by altering the intercalant could open up applications for the next-generation nanolubricants and nanodevices.

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PMID30883130

DOI10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00471

PMCPMC6459005

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