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Contrasting Roles of Water at Sliding Interfaces between Silicon-Based Materials: First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Sliding Simulations

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Exploring the role of surface hydrogenation in anti-friction of circular-textured amorphous carbon film from the atomic level and its dependence on textured shape

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Atomistic understanding on friction behavior of amorphous carbon films induced by surface hydrogenated modification

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Fundamental understanding on low-friction mechanisms at amorphous carbon interface from reactive molecular dynamics simulation

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Steric Effects Control Dry Friction of H- and F-Terminated Carbon Surfaces

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Computational Tribochemistry: A Review from Classical and Quantum Mechanics Studies

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Generation of “Graphene Arch-Bridge” on a Diamond Surface by Si Doping: A First-Principles Computational Study

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Effect of Loading on the Adhesion and Frictional Characteristics of Top Layer Articular Cartilage Nanoscale Contact: A Molecular Dynamics Study

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Triboemission of hydrocarbon molecules from diamond-like carbon friction interface induces atomic-scale wear

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Exploring the different roles of graphene and its derivatives as nano-additives at amorphous carbon surface through reactive molecular dynamics approach

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Structure and tribological properties of multiphase carbon coatings fabricated by multi-arc ion plating

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Tribochemical reactions and graphitization of diamond-like carbon against alumina give volcano-type temperature dependence of friction coefficients: A tight-binding quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulation

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Atom-by-Atom and Sheet-by-Sheet Chemical Mechanical Polishing of Diamond Assisted by OH Radicals: A Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 41231
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Interfacial Friction Evolution in an Oil-Based Drilling Fluid Environment: An Atomic Understanding from ReaxFF Simulations

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Effect of sliding velocity on the nanoscale friction behaviour of articular cartilage contact interface: insights from all-atom molecular dynamics investigation

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Unraveling the friction response from selective hydrogenation of textured amorphous carbon surface

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Applied Surface Science, 2023, 614, 156246
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Design architecture of colorful Si-DLC/PLC nanostructured multilayer films for robust superlubricity at high contact stress in dry N2 atmosphere

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Proposal of a new formation mechanism for hydrogenated diamond-like carbon transfer films: Hydrocarbon-emission-induced transfer

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Friction dependence on the textured structure of an amorphous carbon surface: A reactive molecular dynamics study

Naizhou Du, Cunao Feng, Kai Chen, Jianghao Qiao, Dekun Zhang and Xiaowei Li

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 610, 155584
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Nanoscale friction and adhesion mechanisms in articular cartilage top layer hydrated interfaces: Insights from atomistic simulations

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Interfacial shear mechanisms and tribological behavior of Ti-doped amorphous carbon films: A multiscale simulation and experimental investigation

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Effect of Fluorination on Friction Forces between Concentrated Polymer Brushes in the Dry State: All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

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Multi-phase carbonaceous coating with super wear resistance

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Friction reactions induced by selective hydrogenation of textured surface under lubricant conditions

Naizhou Du, Xubing Wei, Xiaowei Li, Zan Chen, Shiqi Lu, Jiaqing Ding, Cunao Feng, Kai Chen, Jianghao Qiao, Dekun Zhang, Kwang-Ryeol Lee and Tiancai Zhang

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Insights into friction dependence of carbon nanoparticles as oil-based lubricant additive at amorphous carbon interface

Xiaowei Li, Xiaowei Xu, Yong Zhou, Kwang-Ryeol Lee and Aiying Wang

Carbon, 2019, 150, 465
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Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Study on the Friction and Wear Processes of Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings: Effect of Tensile Stress

Yang Wang, Jingxiang Xu, Yusuke Ootani, Shandan Bai, Yuji Higuchi, Nobuki Ozawa, Koshi Adachi, Jean Michel Martin and Momoji Kubo

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 34396
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Exploring the effect of Ti doping on the friction characteristic of DLC films on the surface of pump plunger in petroleum extraction environments

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Insights on low-friction mechanism of amorphous carbon films from reactive molecular dynamics study

Xiaowei Li, Aiying Wang and Kwang-Ryeol Lee

Tribology International, 2019, 131, 567
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Interfacial tribochemical kinetics: A new perspective on superlubricity of diamond-like carbon films

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Tribo‐Induced Structural Transformation and Lubricant Dissociation at Amorphous Carbon–Alpha Olefin Interface

Xiaowei Li, Aiying Wang and Kwang‐Ryeol Lee

Advcd Theory and Sims, 2019, 2
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Role of unsaturated hydrocarbon lubricant on the friction behavior of amorphous carbon films from reactive molecular dynamics study

Xiaowei Li, Aiying Wang and Kwang-Ryeol Lee

Computational Materials Science, 2019, 161, 1
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Tailoring the Nanostructure of Graphene as an Oil-Based Additive: toward Synergistic Lubrication with an Amorphous Carbon Film

Xiaowei Li, Dekun Zhang, Xiaowei Xu and Kwang-Ryeol Lee

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 43320
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Atomistic Insights into Interfacial Optimization Mechanism for Achieving Ultralow-Friction Amorphous Carbon Films under Solid–Liquid Composite Conditions

Naizhou Du, Xiaowei Li, Xubing Wei, Zan Chen, Shiqi Lu, Jiaqing Ding, Cunao Feng, Kai Chen, Jianghao Qiao, Dekun Zhang and Kwang-Ryeol Lee

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023
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Fluorine and sulfur co-doped amorphous carbon films to achieve ultra-low friction under high vacuum

Fu Wang, Liping Wang and Qunji Xue

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A first‐principles investigation on interactions between various surface‐terminated diamond films

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