Effect of lubricants on the rotational transmission between solid-state gears.

Huang-Hsiang Lin, Jonathan Heinze, Alexander Croy, Rafael Gutiérrez, Gianaurelio Cuniberti

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Huang-Hsiang LinInstitute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0286-3996

Jonathan HeinzeInstitute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8489-0722

Alexander CroyInstitute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9296-9350

Rafael GutiérrezInstitute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8121-8041

Gianaurelio CunibertiInstitute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

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Abstract

Lubricants are widely used in macroscopic mechanical systems to reduce friction and wear. However, on the microscopic scale, it is not clear to what extent lubricants are beneficial. Therefore, in this study, we consider two diamond solid-state gears at the nanoscale immersed in different lubricant molecules and perform classical MD simulations to investigate the rotational transmission of motion. We find that lubricants can help to synchronize the rotational transmission between gears regardless of the molecular species and the center-of-mass distance. Moreover, the influence of the angular velocity of the driving gear is investigated and shown to be related to the bond formation process between gears.

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lubricantsMD simulationrotational transmissionsolid-state gears

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PMID35059276

DOI10.3762/bjnano.13.3

PMCPMC8744455

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