Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces.

Autor:	Mofidi, Seyedeh Mahsa, Nejat Pishkenari, Hossein, Ejtehadi, Mohammad Reza, Akimov, Alexey V.
Předmět:	GRAPHENE ROTATIONAL diffusion SURFACE diffusion NANOCAR SUBSTRATES (Materials science)
Zdroj:	Scientific Reports; 1/28/2021, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p
Abstrakt:	We provide a comprehensive computational characterization of surface motion of two types of nanomachines with four C60 "wheels": a flexible chassis Nanocar and a rigid chassis Nanotruck. We study the nanocars' lateral and rotational diffusion as well as the wheels' rolling motion on two kinds of graphene substrates—flexible single-layer graphene which may form surface ripples and an ideally flat graphene monolayer. We find that the graphene surface ripples facilitate the translational diffusion of Nanocar and Nanotruck, but have little effect on their surface rotation or the rolling of their wheels. The latter two types of motion are strongly affected by the structure of the nanomachines instead. Surface diffusion of both nanomachines occurs preferentially via a sliding mechanism whereas the rolling of the "wheels" contributes little. The axial rotation of all "wheels" is uncorrelated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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