• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.321-325
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• 2011

Nanodiamond was dispersed in paraffin liquid oil to investigate the effects of nanodiamond at the marginally lubricated condition. Scuffing test and immediate loading sliding wear test were conducted using the fabricated nanodiamond oil. As a result, dispersion of nanodiamond in oil leads to increase in scuffing life, and nanodiamond contents affects the scuffing life. In case of immediate loading sliding wear test, the result was different according to hardness of specimen. If hardness of specimen was low, abrasion of nanodiamond occurred actively. If hardness of specimen was increased, however, nanodiamond can act as a spacer or rolling between contacting surfaces.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.344-350
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• 2011

Friction and wear behavior of tungsten oxide nanorods (TONs) was investigated using friction force microscopy(FFM) employing colloidal probes instead of conventional sharp tips. Vertically well-ordered TONs with 40 nm diameter, 130 nm length and 100 nm pitch width were synthesized on an anodic aluminium oxide substrate using two step electrochemical anodizing processes. The colloidal probe (diameter 20 ${\mu}m$) attached at the free end of tipless cantilever was oscillated(scanned) against a stationary surface of vertically aligned TONs with various scan speeds (1.2 ${\mu}m/s$, 3.0 ${\mu}m/s$ and 6.0 ${\mu}m/s$) and sliding cycles (100, 200 and 400) under normal load of 800 nN. The friction force and wear depth decreased with the increase of the scan speed. Plastically deformed thin layers were formed and sparsely deposited on the worn nonorod surface. The lower wear rate of the TONs with the longer oscillating cycles was attributed to the decreased real contact pressure due to the increase of real contact area between the colloidal probe and the TONs.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.269-274
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• 2008

Carbon nanotube composite is considered to be a good candidate material for composite material because of its excellent mechanical property and low density under high temperature as well as good wear and frictional properties. In this study, tribological characteristics of carbon nanotube aluminum composite were evaluated using pin-on-disk wear tester. Spark Plasma Sintering method is more effective than Hot Pressing method in terms of wear and friction. The composite with 1% CNT has the lowest friction and wear characteristic.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.313-317
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• 2018

Carbon-based coatings, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and buckyball ($C_{60}$), receive much interest because of their outstanding mechanical and electrical properties for a wide range of electromechanical component-based applications. Previous experimental results demonstrate that these carbon-based coatings are promising solid lubricants because of their superior tribological properties, and thus help prolong the lifetime of silicon-based applications. In this study, CNT coatings are deposited on a bare silicon (100) substrate by electrodynamic spraying under different deposition conditions. During the coating deposition, the applied voltage, CNT concentration of the solution, distance between the injecting nozzle and the substrate and diameter of the injecting nozzle are optimized to control the thickness and surface roughness of the CNT coatings. The surface morphology and thickness of the coatings are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. The friction and wear properties of the coatings are investigated by using a pin-on-reciprocating-type tribotester under various experimental conditions. The friction coefficient of the CNT coating is as low as 0.15 under high normal loads. The overall results reveal that CNT coatings deposited by electrodynamic spraying provide relatively uniform with superior lubrication performance.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.109-115
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• 2003

Nanotribological characteristics between a Si$_3$N$_4$ AFM tip and hydrophobic thin films were experimentally studied. Tests were performed to measure the nano adhesion and friction in both AFM (atomic force microscope) and LFM (lateral force microscope) modes in various .ranges of normal load. Plasma-modified thin polymeric films were deposited on Si-wafer (100). Results showed that wetting angle of plasma-modified thin polymeric film increased with the treating time, which resulted in the hydrophobic surface and the decrease of adhesion and friction. Nanotribological characteristics of these surfaces were compared with those of other hydrophobic surfaces, such as DLC, OTS and IBAD-Ag coated surfaces. Those of OTS coated surface were superior to those of others, though wetting angle of plasma-modified thin polymeric film is higher.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.127-134
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• 2001

Nano adhesion and friction between a Sj$_3$N$_4$ AFM tip and thin silver films were experimentally studied. Tests were performed to measure the nano adhesion and friction in both AFM(atomic force microscope) and LFM(lateral force microscope) modes in various ranges of normal load. Thin silver films deposited by IBAD (ion beam assisted deposition) on Si-wafer (100) and Si-wafer of different surface roughness were used. Results showed that nano adhesion and friction decreased as the surface roughness increased. When the Si surfaces were coated by pure silver, the adhesion and friction decreased. But the adhesion and friction were not affected by the thickness of IBAD silver coating. As the normal force increased, the adhesion forces of bare Si-wafer and IBAD silver coating film remained constant, but the friction forces increased linearly. Test results suggested that the friction was mainly governed by the adhesion as long as the normal load was low.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.129-129
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 나노스케일 절삭가공(nanometric cutting process)시에 미세 팁과 가공표면사이에서 발생하는 현상들에 대하여 분자동역학적 시뮬레이션을 통하여 살펴보았다 본 연구의 목적은 실험적으로는 파악하기 어려운 극미세 가공에서 발생하는 나노트라이볼로지적 현상을 이해하고, 이를 토대로 기계적 가공에 기반하여 개발된 '기계-화학적 나노리소그래피(Mechano-Chemical Scanning Probe Lithography)' 공정을 개선, 발전시키는데 있다. 기계-화학적 나노리소그래피 기술은 극초박막의 리지스트(resist)를 미세탐침을 이용하여 기계적 가공으로 제거하고 이로인해 표면으로 드러난 모재부분을 화학적 에칭에 의해 추가로 가공하여 원하는 패턴형상을 얻어내는 기술이다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.456-460
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• 2011

Recently, the size of currently-researched components and devices reduces nano-scale. Thus, it is important and emphasizes the analyses of physical properties in nano scale. Especially, the mechanical properties are not over micro-scale components but nano-scale components with different characteristics that has been reported. However, most analytical methods for currently studying in nano-scale are related to spectroscopy and electronics, affected the limitation of viewing size that these methods give only average information. In this research, the representative nanotribology analyses, nano-indenter study the physical and mechanical properties of W-N thin film for nano region and nano depth within nano-scale that the thickness of W-N diffusion barrier has less than tens of nanometers. The Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) study the surface image. From these results, the hardness of W-N thin film underneath the nano-surface decreased from 57.67 GPa to 9.1 GPa according to the increase of nitrogen gas flow. The elastic modulus of W-N thin film underneath the nano-surface also decreased from 575.53 GPa to 178.1 GPa.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.1043-1047
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• 2003

With the advancement of micro-systems and nanotechnology, the need for ultra-precision fabrication techniques has been steadily increasing. In this paper, a novel nano-structure fabrication process that is based on the fundamental understanding of nano-scale tribological interaction is introduced. The process, which is called Mechano-Chemical Scanning Probe Lithography (MC-SPL), has two steps, namely, mechanical scribing for the removal of a resist layer and selective chemical etching on the scribed regions. Organic monolayers are used as a resist material, since it is essential for the resist to be as thin as possible in order to fabricate more precise patterns and surface structures. The results show that high resolution patterns with sub-micrometer scale width can be fabricated on both silicon and various metal surfaces by using this technique.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.354-359
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• 2001

CNTs were added to Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) to improve the tribological properties of UHMWPE. CNTs which have a diameter of about 10-50nm, while their length is about 3-5nm were produced by the catalytic decomposition of tile C$_2$H$_2$ using a tube furnace. UHMWPE/CNTs composites were fabricated by hot pressing method. It is shown that friction coefficient was increased and wear resistance was improved as CNTs were added to UHMWPE because of excellent mechanical properties of CNTs located on UHMWPE surface.