Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of wear in diamond-like carbon at the nanoscale

Zhen-Dong Sha, Viacheslav Sorkin, and Paulo S. Branicio et al.

We perform large-scale molecular dynamics simulations on diamond-like carbon to study wear mechanism and law at the nanoscale. Our simulations show that material loss during sliding varies linearly with normal load and sliding distance, consistent with Archard's law. Our simulations also show that ... [Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 073118 (2013)] published Fri Aug 16, 2013.



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