Over the recent decades there has been tremendous progress in understanding and
controlling friction between surfaces in relative motion. However the complex nature of the …

A plethora of two-dimensional (2D) materials have been introduced in physics and
engineering in the past two decades. Their robust, membranelike sheets permit (mostly …

The weak interlayer interaction and strong intralayer bonding in Van der Waals (vdW)
layered materials give rise to ultralow friction at incommensurate contact interfaces, a …

Static friction induced by moiré superstructures in twisted incommensurate finite layered
material interfaces reveals unique double periodicity and lack of scaling with contact size …

Classical friction laws traditionally assume that the friction between solid pairs remains
constant with a given normal load. However, our study has unveiled a remarkable deviation …

Structural superlubricity based on twisted layered materials has stimulated great research
interests. Recent MD simulations show that the circular twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) …

The wear-free sliding of layers or flakes of graphene-like 2D materials, important in many
experimental systems, may occur either smoothly or through stick-slip, depending on driving …

Acquiring how the performance depends on structure is the most pivotal step of material
design, preparation, and application. In particular, it is extremely significant to figure out the …

Disorder in the contact between an amorphous slider and a crystalline substrate leads to a
cancellation of lateral forces. Atomically flat, rigid surfaces exhibit structural superlubricity …

The wear-free sliding of layers or flakes of graphene-like 2D materials, important in many
experimental systems, may occur either smoothly or through stick-slip, depending on driving …