In this paper we discuss the effect of neglecting relative tangential surface displacements in forming the boundary conditions of elastic contact problems between dissimilar materials. This is one of the known approximations made by Hertz in his original theory. Attempts have been made only recently to build up procedures to take this ‘convective’ effect into account, for simple plane problems ...

Nowadays, strong, light-weight, multi-functional, high performing products are key for achieving success in the worldwide markets. Meeting those requirements calls for enabling technologies that lead to innovative and sustainable manufacturing [1]. A joint technique is one or a combination of the available mechanical, chemical, thermal processes to create a bond between materials with a number ...

Heterostructures of dissimilar 2D materials are potential building blocks for novel materials and may enable the formation of new (photo)electronic device architectures. Previous work mainly focused on supporting graphene on insulating wide-band gap materials, such as hex-BN and mica. Here we investigate the interface between zero-band gap semiconductor graphene and band-gap semiconductor MoS2 ...