Tailoring the mechanical properties of 2D materials and heterostructures

C Androulidakis, K Zhang, M Robertson, S Tawfick - 2D Materials, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanical behavior of high quality two-dimensional (2D) crystals offers exciting
opportunities for new material design, such as the combination of extremely high in-plane …

Two-dimensional layered materials: from mechanical and coupling properties towards applications in electronics

H Zhan, D Guo, GX Xie - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
With the increasing interest in nanodevices based on two-dimensional layered materials
(2DLMs) after the birth of graphene, the mechanical and coupling properties of these …

Borophene via micromechanical exfoliation

S Chahal, P Ranjan, M Motlag, SS Yamijala… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Borophene, the lightest among all Xenes, possesses extreme electronic mobility along with
high carrier density and high Young's modulus. To accomplish device‐quality borophene …

Deformation Mechanisms of Vertically Stacked WS2 /MoS2 Heterostructures: The Role of Interfaces

S Susarla, P Manimunda, Y Morais Jaques… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The mechanical and optical properties generated due to the stacking of different atomically
thin materials have made it possible to tune and engineer these materials for next …

Synthesis of 2D α‐GeTe Single Crystals and α‐GeTe/WSe2 Heterostructures with Enhanced Electronic Performance

W Li, R Wu, Q Li, Q Tao, MZ Saeed, X Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) materials have attracted extensive attention due to their
important prospects in electronics and optoelectronics. Synthesizing new 2D materials …

Tailoring the Angular Mismatch in MoS2 Homobilayers through Deformation Fields

K Burns, AMZ Tan, JA Hachtel, A Aditya, N Baradwaj… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrathin MoS2 has shown remarkable characteristics at the atomic scale with an immutable
disorder to weak external stimuli. Ion beam modification unlocks the potential to selectively …

Laser irradiation-induced laminated graphene/MoS2 composites with synergistically improved tribological properties

T Luo, X Chen, P Li, P Wang, C Li, B Cao, J Luo… - …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Engineering lubricant additives that have extraordinary friction reduction and anti-wear
performance is critical to almost any modern mechanical machines. Here, we demonstrate …

Nanostructured tribolayer-dependent lubricity of graphene and modified graphene nanoflakes on sliding steel surfaces in humid air

J Xu, T Luo, X Chen, C Zhang, J Luo - Tribology International, 2020 - Elsevier
Graphene and modified graphene can provide exceptional lubrication when used as
additives. Here, we applied several types of graphene on steel tribo-couples to perform …

Angular dependence of nanofriction of mono-and few-layer MoSe2

A Kozak, M Precner, P Hutár, M Bodík, K Vegso… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The frictional properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials are strongly dependent on the
crystallographic orientation and number of layers. Although friction anisotropy caused by …

Effect of the crystallographic c-axis orientation on the tribological properties of the few-layer PtSe2

A Kozak, M Sojkova, F Gucmann, M Bodík… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides are potential candidates for
ultrathin solid-state lubricants in low-dimensional systems owing to their flatness, high in …