MICROTRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTY OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE FILM

H. Kinoshita (1) , Ippei Kume (1) , Masahito Tagawa (1) , N. Ohmae (1) , Viviane Turq (2) , J.M. Martin (2)

1 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Department of Mechanical Engineering
2 LTDS - Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes

Microtribological properties of vertically-aligned carbon-nanotube (VACNT) films have been studied. Adhesion forces were obtained by measuring force-displacement curves. Friction experiments were conducted in reciprocating sliding configurations. Effects of tip radius, applied force, scan speed, and relative humidity were investigated. A model of the friction of VACNT film is discussed on the basis of in-situ tribological experiments inside a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Mots clés: Microtribology; Carbon nanotubes; hydrophobicity; CNT

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

H. Kinoshita, Ippei Kume, Masahito Tagawa, N. Ohmae, Viviane Turq, et al.. MICROTRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTY OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE FILM. International Tribology Conference, May 2005, Kobe, Japan. pp.P19. ⟨hal-00140298⟩