Trilayered Film with Excellent Tribological Performance: A Combination of Graphene Oxide and Perfluoropolyethers

Autor: Jianning Ding, Lvzhou Li, Yuanyuan Zhu, Joseph C. Cremaldi, Ying Wang, Ningyi Yuan, Noshir S. Pesika, Haiyang Ji
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Tribology Letters. 60
ISSN: 1573-2711
1023-8883
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-015-0618-y
Popis: In the current paper, trilayered films (abridged as APS-GO/PFPE) composed of graphene oxide (GO) and perfluoropolyethers (PFPE) were fabricated successfully on the silicon substrate pre-modified with a self-assembled monolayer of 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane. The so-prepared films were characterized by a range of complementary techniques including Raman spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy, to reveal the surface chemical compositions and surface morphologies. Furthermore, the microtribological behavior of the so-prepared films was studied on a ball-on-plate tribometer. The APS-GO/PFPE film showed better friction-reducing and wear-resisting properties as compared with the control samples, which was ascribed to the excellent wear-resisting properties of GO and the excellent lubricating nature and low shear strength of PFPE.
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