<i>Colloquium</i>: Sliding and pinning in structurally lubric 2D material interfaces
Jin Wang, Ali Khosravi, Andrea Vanossi, Erio Tosatti
Abstract
Friction at highly lubric interfaces of two-dimensional materials is important yet incompletely characterized. This Colloquium discusses sliding and pinning between two-dimensional layers, using simulations of twisted graphene interfaces as a prototypical system. The resulting insights are of potential relevance for a larger category of bilayer and multilayer systems as well.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsBilayerGrapheneRelevance (law)Condensed matter physicsNanotechnologyEngineering physicsMaterials scienceMembraneQuantum mechanicsGeneticsBiologyLawPolitical scienceForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsGraphene research and applications