Research Institute for Materials, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Nijmegen

MonteCarlo Simulations of Carbon-based Structures Based on Extended Brenner Potential

Petukhov A.V., Fasolino A., Research Institute for Materials, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Nijmegen, NL

Extended grand-canonical off-lattice Monte Carlo simulations of the (100) and (111) diamond surfaces have shown that the Brenner potential is extremely accurate in describing the structural properties at surfaces, supporting the recent predictions of new [...]

Dynamics and Friction at Incommensurate Contacting Surfaces

Fasolino A., Consoli L., Knops H.J.F., Research Institute for Materials, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Nijmegen, NL

We study the mechanisms for dissipation of mechanical energy during the sliding of two bodies against each other, namely the origin of friction at an atomic scale. We consider the most likely case of incommensurate [...]