Speakers: Antonio Cammarata (Advanced Materials Group, Department of Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague)
Place: Na Slovance, main lecture hall
Presented in English
Organisers:
Department of Condensed Matter Theory
Abstract:
One of the main difficulties in understanding and predicting frictional response is the intrinsic complexity of highly non-equilibrium processes in any tribological contact, which include breaking and formation of multiple interatomic bonds between surfaces in relative motion.
To understand the physical nature of the microscopic mechanism of friction and design new tribologic materials, we conducted a systematic quantum mechanic investigation at the atomic scale on prototipical Van der Waals MX2 (M=Mo, W; X=S, Se, Te) Transition Metal Dichalcogenides under variable load. We considered both crystalline and n-layered system. We combined the structural and dynamic information from group theoretical analysis and phonon band structure calculations with the characterisation of the electronic features using non-standard methods like orbital polarization and the recently formulated bond covalency and cophonicity analyses. We formulated guidelines on how to engineer macroscopic friction at nanoscale, and finally applied them to design a new Ti-doped MoS2 phase. The formulated protocol can be promptly used for the design of new materials with diverse applications beyond tribology.
Ref.
A. Cammarata, T. Polcar, Inorganic Chemistry 54 (2015) 5739.
A. Cammarata, T. Polcar, RSC Advances 5 (2015) 106809.
A. Cammarata, T. Polcar, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016) 4807.
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