界面接枝羟基对碳纳米管运动和摩擦行为影响的分子动力学模拟

本文采用分子动力学模拟研究了界面间接枝羟基对碳纳米管在石墨基底上运动和摩擦行为的影响.结果表明:界面接枝羟基后碳纳米管所受的侧向力明显改变;仅石墨接枝羟基时碳纳米管侧向力波动增大;同时由于垂直碳纳米管与基底间接触面积小,碳纳米管所受的摩擦力随羟基含量的增加而增大;碳纳米管与石墨上均接枝羟基后体系中引入了氢键和库仑力作用,显著增加了界面间的摩擦,体系的滑移界面从碳纳米管与石墨间迅速转变为石墨层间,并且导致碳纳米管在垂直初始运动方向上也出现了滑移.     

氮掺杂对石墨烯摩擦学特性影响的分子动力学模拟

掺氮石墨烯具有良好的应用前景,但对其摩擦学特性的研究仍较为缺乏.本文采用分子动力学方法研究了氮掺杂对石墨烯摩擦学特性的影响.结果表明在公度、非公度的界面结构下,氮掺杂对石墨烯摩擦特性的影响呈现相反的趋势.界面结构为公度状态时,氮原子的引入导致了局部非公度状态,因而界面势垒降低、摩擦减小.界面公度性的改变、层间氮原子和碳原子的范德瓦耳斯力作用对界面摩擦的影响相反,在二者的共同作用下,随氮掺杂比例的升高,掺氮石墨烯体系的界面摩擦力呈现先增大再减小的趋势.界面结构为非公度状态时,氮原子的引入对界面摩擦的影响主要体现在原子类型的变化,界面摩擦随氮掺杂比例的增大而增大.存在空位缺陷的石墨烯体系的摩擦最大,掺杂氮原子对于降低缺陷石墨烯体系的摩擦具有积极意义.     

单壁碳纳米管在石墨基底上运动的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学模拟方法研究单壁碳纳米管在石墨基底上的运动.首先碳纳米管在基底弛豫至平衡状态，然后对其施加一固定外力，撤去外力后，碳纳米管在基底上逐渐减速至停止.为了研究管径、手性角对运动方式的影响，本文选择了C(10,10)，C(10,9)，C(10,8)，C(10,5)，C(10,0)，C(8,8)六种单壁碳纳米管进行模拟.结果表明，碳纳米管在石墨基底上的运动方式由手性角决定，与管径无关.手性角等于30°时，碳纳米管与石墨基底之间为公度结构，碳纳米管的运动出现周期性的滑动和翻滚现象；手性角大于28.3°小于30°时，碳纳米管一边向前滑动一边滚动；手性角小于26.3°时，碳纳米管在基底上滑动.碳纳米管的手性角决定了它与石墨基底接触界面的微观构型，从而决定了碳纳米管的运动方式. 关键词： 分子动力学模拟 碳纳米管 动能 结构公度性     

基底支撑刚度梯度变化对石墨烯层间摩擦力的影响

基于纳米摩擦能耗理论,利用分子动力学方法建立了公度接触下支撑刚度梯度变化的石墨烯层间摩擦力模型,分析了基底质心刚度和支撑刚度梯度变化对基底和薄片各接触区摩擦能耗的贡献.结果表明:软边界区始终贡献驱动力;硬边界区贡献的摩擦力最大,且随着支撑刚度的增大,硬边界区对总摩擦的贡献比也越高.各接触区的摩擦力是薄片和基底之间的褶皱势和接触区产生的法向变形差两部分的共同作用.前者是公度接触下阻碍滑移的界面势垒和刚度梯度方向上不同刚度支撑原子热振动引起的势梯度;后者是接触边界过渡区两侧原子的非对称变形和自由度约束突变引起的非平衡边界势垒相耦合的结果.本文对研究公度接触下刚度梯度支撑的纳米器件的相对运动规律有指导意义.     

界面羟基对碳纳米管摩擦行为和能量耗散的影响

本文采用分子动力学模拟研究了羟基对碳纳米管摩擦和能量耗散方式的影响.研究结果表明:由于界面间氢键的形成,碳纳米管所受的平均摩擦力明显增大;随着羟基比例的改变,界面间氢键的数量与摩擦力的变化趋势一致;碳纳米管的手性角对摩擦力有一定的影响,扶手椅型碳纳米管所受的摩擦力比其他类型的碳纳米管的大;直径对摩擦力的影响较大,直径越大界面间的摩擦力越大,其原因是大直径的碳纳米管底部变平导致界面接触面积增大;界面接枝羟基后,体系的声子态密度中出现羟基的振动峰;随羟基比例的增加,羟基的振动在能量耗散中起到更为重要的作用,当碳纳米管和硅基底的羟基比例为10%/20%时,体系能量耗散的主要途径由碳纳米管和硅基底的振动转变为羟基的振动.     

含缺陷碳纳米管及碳纳米豆荚静动力特性模拟研究

采用分子动力学方法,对含双空位及多空位缺陷碳纳米管进行静动力特性模拟研究.首先讨论了双原子空位缺陷以及多原子空位缺陷对碳纳米管的准静态力学性质的影响,然后讨论了缺陷以及轴向预应力对碳纳米豆荚内C60分子振荡动力学的影响.研究表明,相对于无缺陷碳纳米管,含不同类型双原子空位缺陷碳纳米管的极限应力、极限应变和弹性模量都大幅下降;当碳纳米管缺陷原子较多,缺陷连接在一起形成类似裂纹之后,使得碳纳米管轴向抗压性能大幅降低,裂纹沿周向发展相比于裂纹沿轴向发展,其抗压能力下降得更多,这类似于含裂纹的壳体模型结构抗压性能的下降;缺陷碳纳米豆荚中C60分子的振荡频率受到缺失的碳原子数的影响,单原子空位缺陷使得C60分子的振荡频率增大,但随着空位数的增多, C60分子的振荡频率会逐渐减小;当缺陷碳纳米豆荚存在轴向预应力时, C60分子的振荡不仅受到缺陷影响,同时还受到轴向预应力的影响,这使得C60分子振荡变得更为复杂.     

悬浮石墨烯摩擦特性

石墨烯作为固体润滑剂在微/纳米机电系统中具有巨大的应用潜力.本文在SiO_2/Si基底上制备了微孔阵列,将石墨烯剥离在微孔上,形成悬浮结构.使用原子力显微镜研究悬浮石墨烯和支撑石墨烯的摩擦特性,结果表明:悬浮石墨烯表面摩擦力比基底支撑石墨烯明显减小,同时在支撑石墨烯上出现的摩擦增强效应也消失.随着石墨烯厚度的增大,面外刚度逐渐增大,悬浮石墨烯与支撑石墨烯的摩擦力差异逐渐减小.此外,使用预磨损探针时,悬浮石墨烯和支撑石墨烯的摩擦力都显著增大,且悬浮石墨烯的摩擦力依然比支撑石墨烯小.通过对比不同厚度石墨烯,不同针尖半径时悬浮石墨烯与支撑石墨烯表面摩擦力的变化,揭示了面外变形对石墨烯摩擦力的影响,为有效提高石墨烯固体润滑剂的摩擦性能提供了理论指导.     

单、双原子空位缺陷对扶手椅型单层碳纳米管屈曲性能的不同影响

采用分子动力学方法,对完善和含缺陷扶手椅型单层碳纳米管进行轴向压缩的数值模拟,对比研究三种不同的温度环境下单、双原子空位缺陷对碳纳米管轴压变形性能的特殊影响.研究结果表明管壁缺陷显著降低了纳米管低温时的承载能力,由于单原子空位缺陷造成的特殊应力集中效应会引发纳米管过早发生局部屈曲,单原子缺陷管的屈曲强度反而小于双原子管的屈曲强度. 关键词： 分子动力学 碳纳米管 屈曲 缺陷     

高通量计算二维材料界面摩擦

建立了基于第一性原理方法研究二维材料界面摩擦的高通量计算程序,该程序实现了自动化批量建模、批量提交任务、多任务并发计算,以及计算结果自动收集、处理和图像绘制,使用该程序可以节省时间.采用此程序计算了不同层间距离下双层氮化硼和双层石墨烯的滑移势能面,及层间界面摩擦力和摩擦系数.研究发现,随着层间距离减小,双层氮化硼界面的平均摩擦力近似线性增大,摩擦系数为0.11—0.17,双层石墨烯界面摩擦力先增大后减小再增大,其摩擦系数在12 nN载荷下达到最小值(0.014),这些结果与已有研究结果一致,验证了该计算程序的可靠性.此外还研究了表面氢化和氟化对双层氮化硼界面摩擦的影响,发现氟化氮化硼/氮化硼界面的摩擦系数更低.     

基于分子动力学的石墨炔纳米带空位缺陷的导热特性

空位缺陷石墨炔比完整石墨炔更贴近实际材料,而空位缺陷的多样性可导致更丰富的导热特性,因此模拟各种空位缺陷对热导率的影响显得尤为重要.采用非平衡分子动力学方法,通过在纳米带长度方向上施加周期性边界条件,基于AIREBO(adaptive intermolecular reactive empirical bond order)势函数描述碳-碳原子间的相互作用,模拟了300 K时单层石墨炔纳米带乙炔链上单空位缺陷和双空位缺陷以及苯环上单空位缺陷对其热导率的影响,利用Fourier定律计算热导率.模拟结果表明,对于几十纳米尺度范围内的石墨炔纳米带热导率,1)由于声子的散射集中和声子倒逆过程增强,与完美无缺陷的石墨炔纳米带相比,空位缺陷会导致石墨炔纳米带热导率的下降;2)由于声子态密度匹配程度高低的不同,相比于乙炔链上的空位缺陷,苯环的空位缺陷对石墨炔纳米带热导率影响更大,乙炔链上空位缺陷数量对石墨炔纳米带热导率的影响明显;3)由于尺寸效应问题,随着长度增加,石墨炔纳米带热导率会相应增大.本文的研究可为在一定尺度下进行石墨炔纳米带热导率的调控问题提供参考.     

Study of titanium adsorption on perfect and defected BC3 nanotubes using density functional theory

Density functional theory calculations were used to study the titanium (Ti) adsorption on perfect and defected (4, 0) BC₃ nanotubes, considering Stone–Wales and vacancy defects. The binding energy values for these nanotubes were larger than the corresponding values for carbon nanotubes. The charge transfer from the Ti atom to nanotube was observed for all systems studied. The most exothermic binding process occurred for the Ti adsorption on a native V_B defect, which showed minimum structural deformation with respect to a perfect BC₃ tube. In the case of a nanotube with a reconstructed carbon vacancy, the adsorption of Ti generated a half-metallic anti-ferromagnet. The results obtained in this paper are relevant for spintronics and hydrogen adsorption applications.     

Dynamical behavior of the kink motion in carbon nanotubes

By performing molecular dynamics calculations, we studied the motion of the kink between two carbon nanotubes. Based on the sequential evaporation of the most energetic carbon atom, our calculations show that the kink has complex longitudinal and spiral motions, in good agreement with the experiments. The kink moves towards the nanotube of larger diameter, resulting in an overall diameter shrinking of the nanotubes without inducing any disorder or damage. The kink motions are found to be dependent on the chirality of the nanotubes. The kink connecting two zigzag nanotubes can have either a pseudoclimb or a spiral motion, while the kink between the armchair nanotubes has an interesting spiral motion with periodic split and recombination of the topological defects.     

Mechanical Properties of Single-Walled （5,5） Carbon Nanotubes with Vacancy Defects

First-principles simulation is used to investigate the structural and mechanical properties of vacancy defective single-walled （5,5） carbon nanotubes. The relations of the defect concentration, distribution and characteristic of defects to Young＇s modulus of nanotubes are quantitatively studied. It is found that each dangling-bond structure （per supercell） decreases Young＇s modulus of nanotube by 6.1% for symmetrical distribution cases. However the concentrative vacancy structure with saturated atoms has less influence on carbon nanotubes. It is suggested that the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes depend strongly upon the structure and relative position of vacancies in a certain defect concentration.     

Kink formation and motion in carbon nanotubes at high temperatures

We report that kink motion is a universal plastic deformation mode in all carbon nanotubes when being tensile loaded at high temperatures. The kink motion, observed inside a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, is reminiscent of dislocation motion in crystalline materials: namely, it dissociates and multiplies. The kinks are nucleated from vacancy creation and aggregation, and propagate in either a longitudinal or a spiral path along the nanotube walls. The kink motion is related to dislocation glide and climb influenced by external stress and high temperatures in carbon nanotubes.     

碳纳米管中点缺陷对热导率影响的正交试验模拟分析

在碳纳米管的制备过程中, 各种点缺陷不可避免地存在于其晶格结构中, 对于碳管的热输运性质造成不可忽视的影响. 使用非平衡分子动力学方法, 选用反应经验键序势能, 模拟计算含有缺陷的碳纳米管的热导率. 尝试采用正交试验方法设计算例, 不但减少了计算量, 并且利于分析缺陷类型、 管长和管径三种结构因素对缺陷造成的热导率下降影响的主次和趋势. 重点研究了掺杂、 吸附和空位三类点缺陷的影响, 与无缺陷完整碳纳米管进行比较, 开展缺陷效应分析, 并进一步考察了环境温度等因素的影响. 模拟结果表明, 相对完整无缺陷碳管, 含有点缺陷的碳管热导率显着下降; 在有缺陷存在的情况下, 缺陷的类型对碳管热导率的影响最大, 管径次之, 管长影响相对最小; 缺陷类型对热导率影响力从大到小依次为: 空位 > 掺杂 > 吸附; 不同环境温度下, 点缺陷对碳管热导率的影响不尽相同.     

First-principles simulations of chemical reactions in an HCl molecule embedded inside a C or BN nanotube induced by ultrafast laser pulses

We show by first-principles simulations that ultrafast laser pulses induce different chemical reactions in a molecule trapped inside a nanotube. A strong laser pulse polarized perpendicular to the tube axis induces a giant bond stretch of an encapsulated HCl molecule in semiconducting carbon nanotube or in a BN nanotube. Depending on the initial orientation of the HCl molecule, the subsequent laser-induced dynamics is different: either complete disintegration or rebonding of the HCl molecule. Radial motion of the nanotube is always observed and a vacancy appears on the tube wall when the HCl is perpendicular to the tube axis. Those results are important to analyze confined nanochemistry and to manipulate molecules and nanostructures encapsulated in organic and inorganic nanotubes.     

Effects of structural defects on the compressive buckling of boron nitride nanotubes

In this paper, we examined the buckling of perfect and defective armchair boron nitride nanotubes with three types of vacancy defects, i.e. B- and N- single vacancy defects and B–N- double vacancy defect, using molecular dynamics simulations. To this end, all systems were modeled with a Tersoff-type potential, which is able to accurately describe covalent bonding of BN systems. We applied external uniaxial compressive forces to the nanotubes in vacuum and derived the critical buckling loads and strains, at room temperature in an NVT-ensemble. Our results showed significant differences between the critical buckling strengths of pristine and defective nanotubes. The resistance to axial buckling decreased with the introduction of one vacancy defect, and the B–N- double vacancy was the most seriously damaged structure, followed by B-vacancy and N-vacancy defects. Furthermore, the B-vacancy was shown to have the most significant effect on the decrease of the critical buckling strain. This can be attributed to the excessive asymmetries and perturbations induced in the structure of the nanotube and the local deformations around the defective site around the B-vacancy, even before loading. Moreover, results show that reduction in the buckling strength of the nanotube due to the presence of more than one B-vacancy defect depends on their distribution. If the two or three defects are close to each other, they act as a single point of weakness and the critical buckling load is only slightly reduced (similar to the existence of only one vacancy defect). However, if the defects are at more distant points, the critical buckling load may experience a higher decrease. Results show that vacancy defects play a critical role in the compressive buckling performance of boron nitride nanotubes and special attention must be paid to the presence of structural defects when designing members against buckling, especially for micro- and nano-electro-mechanical systems. On the other hand, defect engineering is a great means for tailoring the buckling strength of boron nitride nanotubes, in cases where the nanotube is expected to absorb energy through compressive buckling deformation and is not designed against, but for buckling.     

Lubrication by molecularly thin water films confined between nanostructured membranes

We use molecular dynamics simulations to study thermal sliding of two nanostructured surfaces separated by nanoscale water films. We find that friction at molecular separations is determined primarily by the effective free energy landscape for motion in the plane of sliding, which depends sensitively on the surface character and the molecular structure of the confined water. Small changes in the surface nanostructure can have dramatic effects on the apparent rheology. Whereas porous and molecularly rough interfaces of open carbon nanotube membranes are found to glide with little friction, a comparably smooth interface of end-capped nanotubes is effectively stuck. The addition of salt to the water layer is found to reduce the sliding friction. Surprisingly, the intervening layers of water remain fluid in all cases, even in the case of high apparent friction between the two membranes.     

Dependence of the electrical properties of defective single-walled carbon nanotubes on the vacancy density

The relationship between the electric properties and the vacancy density in single-walled carbon nanotubes has been investigated from first principles as well as the dependence of the influencing range of a vacancy in the nanotube on the nanotube chirality.Compared with the long-range interaction of the vacancies in a single-walled carbon nanotube with non-zero chiral angle,a much shorter interaction was found between vacancies in a zigzag single-walled carbon nanotube.In this study,we investigated the bandstructure fluctuations caused by the nanotube strain,which depends on both the vacancy density and the tube chirality.These theoretical results provide new insight to understand the relationship between the local deformation of a defective single-walled carbon nanotube and its measurable electronic properties.