1. Fluorinated Nanocarbons for Lubrication
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Laurent Legras, Marc Dubois, Ph. Bilas, Ph. Thomas, Katia Guérin, Audrey Molza, and Jean-Louis Mansot
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Work (thermodynamics) ,Materials science ,Carbon nanofiber ,Graphene ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Surface energy ,law.invention ,symbols.namesake ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Chemical engineering ,chemistry ,Transmission electron microscopy ,law ,symbols ,Lubrication ,0210 nano-technology ,Raman spectroscopy ,Carbon - Abstract
The present work is concerned with the understanding of the tribologic behavior of fluorinated nanocarbons presenting various morphologies (0D spherical, 1D tubular, and 2D discotic structures). The intrinsic tribologic properties of the studied compounds are correlated to their structure and chemical composition (F/C ratio) to deduce the parameters monitoring the friction reduction mechanisms. Very low intrinsic friction coefficients are obtained for fluorinated carbon blacks, carbon nanofibers and carbon nanodiscs. The correlation between the tribologic results and structural investigations by transmission electron microscopy and friction force microscopy underlines different friction reduction mechanisms depending on the initial structure of the compounds. In the case of fluorinated carbon nanofibers and fluorinated carbon blacks, the friction improvement is attributed to interparticle interactions reduction resulting from surface energy decrease induced by the fluorination of superficial (external) graphene layers. For fluorinated carbon nanodiscs, bulk structural effects are predominant. Long-term tribologic experiments lead to evolutions of the structure and the composition of the tribofilms, underlined by Raman and SEM investigations. The friction process leads to an amorphization and a partial defluorination on the compounds. The tested carbon nanostructures appear as interesting candidates to be used as new nanoadditives for lubricants. The control of the fluorination conditions allows to achieve optimized friction properties.
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- 2017
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