Friction control with nematic lubricants via external fields
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Friction control with nematic lubricants via external fields.
We study the connection between sliding friction and the phase behavior of a simple rigid bead-necklace model of a liquid crystal (LC) lubricant layer confined between two parallel plates. The dynamics is dependent on competing LC ordering mechanisms, including the direction of sliding, and an applied (electric) field. Together with temperature and an applied pressure, determining whether the l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.012504