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Research Article | Open Access

Electro-lubrication in Janus transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers

Hao LI, Yufeng GUO( ), Wanlin GUO( )
State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, MOE Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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Lubrication induced by a vertical electric field or bias voltage is typically not applicable to two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) crystals. By performing extensive first-principles calculations, we reveal that the interlayer friction and shear resistance of Janus transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) MoXY (X/Y = S, Se, or Te, and X ≠ Y) bilayers under a constant normal force mode can be reduced by applying vertical electric fields. The maximum interlayer sliding energy barriers between AA and AB stacking of bilayers MoSTe, MoSeTe, and MoSSe decrease as the positive electric field increases because of the more significant counteracting effect from the electric field energy and the more significant enhancement in interlayer charge transfer in AA stacking. Meanwhile, the presence of negative electric fields decreases the interlayer friction of bilayer MoSTe, because the electronegativity difference between Te and S atoms reduces the interfacial atom charge differences between AA and AB stacking. These results reveal an electro-lubrication mechanism for the heterogeneous interfaces of 2D Janus TMDs.

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Janus transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD)electro-lubricationelectric field tuningfirst-principles calculations

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Friction
Volume 10 Issue 11,
November 2022
Pages 1851-1858
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-021-0562-9
Cite this article:
LI H, GUO Y, GUO W. Electro-lubrication in Janus transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers. Friction, 2022, 10(11): 1851-1858. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-021-0562-9

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Received: 30 July 2021
Revised: 27 September 2021
Accepted: 14 October 2021
Published: 06 March 2022
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