Characterising the nanoscale kinetic friction using force-equilibrium and energy-conservation models with optical manipulation. (14th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xie, Hongtao; Wang, Shiliang; Huang, Han
• Is Part Of: Nanotechnology. Volume 27:Number 6(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-01-14
• Subjects: nanowire -- kinetic friction -- nano-manipulation -- SiC; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology; Publications périodiques; Nanotechnologies; Periodicals; 620.5
• DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/6/065709
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0957-4484

Abstract

Abstract: SiC nanowires were manipulated under an optic microscope to investigate the nanoscale friction between nanowires and a flat substrate. The deflection of the nanowires was modeled as that of an Euler–Bernoulli beam subjected to a uniformly distributed load. A simple formula was developed to calculate the kinetic friction from the normalized deflections at the two ends of a nanowire. The frictional force per unit area determined ranges from 0.18–0.51 MPa. Both experimental and simulated results demonstrated that the proposed approach was reliable. The results were also compared with those estimated using an energy-conservation model, which produced a frictional force ranging from 0.21–0.62 MPa. The results obtained from the two different methods are in excellent agreement.