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Tuning apparent friction coefficient by controlled patterning bulk metallic glasses surfaces

Micro-honeycomb structures with various pitches between adjacent cells were hot-embossed on Zr(35)Ti(30)Cu(8.25)Be(26.75) bulk metallic glass surface. The effect of pitch geometry on the frictional behavior of metallic glass surface was systematically investigated. The results revealed that all text...

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Autores principales: Li, Ning, Xu, Erjiang, Liu, Ze, Wang, Xinyun, Liu, Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27991571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39388
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Sumario:Micro-honeycomb structures with various pitches between adjacent cells were hot-embossed on Zr(35)Ti(30)Cu(8.25)Be(26.75) bulk metallic glass surface. The effect of pitch geometry on the frictional behavior of metallic glass surface was systematically investigated. The results revealed that all textured metallic glass surfaces show a reduction in friction coefficient compared to smooth surface. More intriguingly, the friction coefficient first decreased and then increased gradually with increasing pitches. Such unique behavior can be understood fundamentally from the perspective of competing effects between contact area and local stress level with increasing pitches. This finding not only enhance the in-depth understanding of the mechanism of the significant role of surface topography on the frictional behavior of metallic glass surface, but also opens a new route towards other functional applications for bulk metallic glasses.