Despite its unrivaled hardness, diamond can be severely worn during the interaction with others, even softer materials. In this work, we calculate from first-principles the energy and forces necessary to induce the atomistic wear of diamond and compare them for different surface orientations and passivation by oxygen, hydrogen, and water fragments. The primary mechanism of wear is identified as the detachment of the carbon chains. This is particularly true for oxidized diamond and diamonds interacting with silica. A very interesting result concerns the role of stress, which reveals that compressive stresses can highly favor wear, making it even energetically favorable.
Ta, H.T.T., Tran, N.V., Righi, M.C. (2023). Atomistic Wear Mechanisms in Diamond: Effects of Surface Orientation, Stress, and Interaction with Adsorbed Molecules. LANGMUIR, 39(40), 14396-14403 [10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01800].
Atomistic Wear Mechanisms in Diamond: Effects of Surface Orientation, Stress, and Interaction with Adsorbed Molecules
Ta, Huong Thi Thuy;Righi, M. C.
2023
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Despite its unrivaled hardness, diamond can be severely worn during the interaction with others, even softer materials. In this work, we calculate from first-principles the energy and forces necessary to induce the atomistic wear of diamond and compare them for different surface orientations and passivation by oxygen, hydrogen, and water fragments. The primary mechanism of wear is identified as the detachment of the carbon chains. This is particularly true for oxidized diamond and diamonds interacting with silica. A very interesting result concerns the role of stress, which reveals that compressive stresses can highly favor wear, making it even energetically favorable.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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