Friction and energy dissipation mechanisms in adsorbed molecules and molecularly thin films

This review provides an overview of recent advances that have been achieved in understanding the basic physics of friction and energy dissipation in molecularly thin adsorbed films and the associated impact on friction at microscopic and macroscopic length scales. Topics covered include a historical overview of the fundamental understanding of macroscopic friction, theoretical treatments of phononic and electronic energy dissipation mechanisms in thin films, and current experimental methods capable of probing such phenomena. Measurements performed on adsorbates sliding in unconfined geometries with the quartz crystal microbalance technique receive particular attention. The final sections review the experimental literature of how measurements of sliding friction in thin films reveal energy dissipation mechanisms and how the results can be linked to film-spreading behavior, lubrication, film phase transitions, superconductivity-dependent friction, and microelectromechanical systems applications. Materials systems reported on include adsorbed films comprised of helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, water, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, ethane, ethanol, trifluoroethanol, methanol, cyclohexane, ethylene, pentanol, toluene, tricresylphosphate, t-butylphenyl phosphate, benzene, and iodobenzene. Substrates reported on include silver, gold, aluminum, copper, nickel, lead, silicon, graphite, graphene, fullerenes, C60, diamond, carbon, diamond-like carbon, and YBa₂Cu₃O₇, and self-assembled monolayers consisting of tethered polymeric molecules.     

Ir-based diffusion barriers for Ohmic contacts to p-GaN

Ir-based electrical contacts to p-type GaN have been fabricated and characterized. Both GaN//Ni/Au/Ir/Au and GaN//Ni/Ir/Au contact structures were deposited, however, only the former produced Ohmic current-voltage characteristics. At an anneal temperature of 500 °C, the Ni/Au/Ir/Au contact had a specific contact resistance of ∼2 × 10⁻⁴ Ω cm², comparable or superior to conventional Ni/Au contacts that are less thermally stable. Anneal temperatures above 500 °C caused the Ir-based contact to fail. Auger electron spectroscopy was used to obtain depth profiles of both types of contacts at a variety of temperatures in order to provide insight into the mechanism of Ohmic formation as well as potential reasons for failure. A comparison to other metallization schemes on p-GaN is also given.     

有限长线接触弹流润滑研究的现状与展望

在已有的研究工作积累文献调研的基础上，对有限长线接触弹流润滑研究的形成背景、发展过程、研究现状及其应用等进行了简要的综合介绍与分析评述，并指出了现有的研究工作的特点、存在的问题和进一步研究的主政方向及其必要性，展望了这方面研究工作的发展前景。     

供油量对点接触表面微织构润滑性能的影响

采用球盘接触模型,以入口油层厚度为输入变量,基于统一Reynolds方程法建立润滑分析模型,研究了供油量对点接触表面微织构润滑性能的影响.数值计算结果显示:供油量显著影响接触区油膜厚度;微织构能改善摩擦副的润滑摩擦性能;严重乏油时接触区内微坑会产生气穴现象;瞬态下,微织构在乏油时较充分供油时改善润滑的效果明显.     

Discrete element simulation of effects of multicontact loading on single particle crushing

Particle crushing commonly occurs in granular materials and affects their structures and mechanical properties. Unlike idealized particles in experimental single particle crushing tests with two loading points, natural particles are crushed under multicontact loading. To date, the criteria and patterns of particle crushing under multicontact conditions are not fully understood. By using the three-dimensional discrete element method, this report explores the effect of multicontact loading on the crushing criterion of a single particle, the crushing pattern, and the relationship between the particle crushing strength and loading distribution. The particles are modelled as aggregates of glued Voronoi polyhedra. The numerical results indicate that the logarithm of the mean principal stress has a good linear correlation with the coordination number. For a specific coordination number, the number of child particles presents a significant normal distribution. For a specific number of child particles, the volumes of child particles can be statistically described as normal or gamma distribution. Three typical models are proposed to qualitatively analyse the relationship between the loading distribution and crushing strength. The relevant conclusions can be helpful in engineering practice and in further studies on crushable granular materials via the discrete element method.     

Ni/4H-SiC 肖特基势垒磁场下输运性质的分析

Ni/4H-SiC Schottky contacts with good characteristics were fabricated using electron beam evaporation to deposit Ni on 4H-SiC（（0001）Si face）. Current-voltage（I-V）characteristics of Ni / 4H-SiC Schottky barrier have been studied in the temperature range from 160 K to 300 K in magnetic fields（B）up to 10 T. The thermionic emission theory and relaxation time approximation Boltzmann eqation were employed to calculate the I - V characteristics,and it is found that the change of current shows a linear relation with B2 and V,and is inversely proportional to the temperature,which well agrees with experimental results.     

Effect of scattering in the mesoscopic pure L design electric circuit

The quantum theory for mesoscopic electric circuit with charge discreteness is briefly described. The effect of scattering in mesoscopic ‘pure’ inductance design circuit, just like in the mesoscopic metallic rings has been address. The quantum characteristics of charge diffusion has also been obtained explicitly. The case in finite temperature has been discussed as well.     

Hartree–Fock versus quantum Monte Carlo study of persistent current in a one-dimensional ring with single scatterer

We calculate the persistent current of interacting spinless electrons in a one-dimensional ring containing a single δ barrier. We use the self-consistent Hartree–Fock method and the quantum Monte Carlo method which gives fully correlated solutions. Our Hartree–Fock method treats the non-local Fock term in a local approximation and also exactly (if the ring is not too large). Treating the Fock term exactly we attempt to support our previous Hartree–Fock result obtained in the local approximation, in particular the persistent current behaving like I∝L^-1-α, where L is the ring length and α>0 is the power depending only on the electron–electron interaction. Finally, we use the Hartree–Fock solutions as an input for our quantum Monte Carlo calculation. The Monte Carlo results exhibit only small quantitative differences from the Hartree–Fock results.     

水溶液中嵌段共聚物的耗散颗粒动力学模拟

用耗散颗粒动力学(dissipative particle dyanmics)模拟方法研究了Pluronic L64(PL64)和Pluronic 25R4(25R4)三嵌段共聚物水溶液中的介观相分离,模拟了聚合物聚集的动力学变化过程. 结果发现,在水溶液中,不同浓度的聚合物溶液表现出不同的介观结构,如分散相、球形胶束、双连续相(bicontinuous)等；而Pluronic L64在低浓度时更容易形成双连续相. 耗散颗粒动力学模拟可以作为实验的一个辅助,提供介观层次上的信息,对实验起到指导作用.     

介观模拟方法研究高分子表面活性剂在水介质中的聚集行为

高分子表面活性剂已广泛应用于许多领域, 其构型复杂、分子量大等特点使其聚集行为不同于小分子表面活性剂. 从微观上认识其聚集行为可为应用提供指导, 因而此方面的研究倍受关注. 计算机模拟技术的发展使我们能成功地在微观或介观水平上获得高分子表面活性剂聚集行为的信息. 本文综述了耗散粒子动力学(DPD)和介观动力学(MesoDyn)在高分子表面活性剂聚集行为研究中的应用. 着重介绍了这两种介观模拟方法研究单一高分子表面活性剂溶液的相行为及其与低分子表面活性剂之间的相互作用, 揭示了实验中难以观测的微观相分离及聚集体结构形态的变化规律. 这些信息可以为实验研究提供指导和补充.