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Friction at the homogenous and heterogenous interfaces of penta-graphene and B2N4

Lu Chen1Yicheng Lai2Zhiheng Ma2Hao Wang1Tengfei Cao1Junqin Shi1()Feng Zhou1,3Weimin Liu1,3Xiaoli Fan1()

1 State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

2 Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

3 State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

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This study is to examine the effectiveness of the two ways forming the incommensurate contacts on reducing friction. Two dimensional (2D) penta-graphene (PG) and B2N4 possessing the same lattice structure and excellent lubricating property were chosen to construct the homogenous and heterogenous interfaces. We studied the frictional properties at the homogenous interfaces of PG/PG and B2N4/B2N4, and the heterogenous interface of B2N4/PG. Our calculations show that the friction coefficients at the homogenous interface of B2N4/B2N4 are smaller than those at the heterogenous interface of B2N4/PG. The different compositional elements at the commensurate contacting surfaces hardly reduce the interlayer friction. It indicates the ineffectiveness of heterogenous interface on reducing friction when it is commensurate contacting. Additionally, the incommensurate contact formed via biaxial stretching one layer can significantly reduce the interlayer friction, which is the superposition of uniaxial stretching. In addition, the interlayer friction was elucidated from the point views of potential energy, charge density difference and registry index (RI). This study highlights the importance and effectiveness of twisting in reducing the interlayer friction compared to stretching.

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Chen L, Lai Y, Ma Z, et al. Friction at the homogenous and heterogenous interfaces of penta-graphene and B2N4. Friction, 2024, https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9441008
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