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标题：Crystal Orientation Dependence of Gallium Nitride Wear
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作者：Guosong Zeng ; Wei Sun ; Renbo Song 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：1
DOI：10.1038/s41598-017-14234-x
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：We explore how crystallographic order and orientation affect the tribological (friction and wear) performance of gallium nitride (GaN), through experiments and theory. Friction and wear were measured in every direction on the c-plane of GaN through rotary wear experiment. This revealed a strong crystallographic orientation dependence of the sliding properties of GaN; a 60° periodicity of wear rate and friction coefficient was observed. The origin of this periodicity is rooted in the symmetry presented in wurtzite hexagonal lattice structure of III-nitrides. The lowest wear rate was found as 0.6 × 10-7 mm3/Nm with <1[Formula: see text]00>, while the wear rate associated with <1[Formula: see text]10> had the highest wear rate of 1.4 × 10-7 mm3/Nm. On the contrary, higher friction coefficient can be observed along <1[Formula: see text]00> while lower friction coefficient always appeared along <1[Formula: see text]10>. We developed a simple molecular statics approach to understand energy barriers associated with sliding and material removal; this calculated change of free energy associated with sliding revealed that there were smaller energy barriers sliding along <1[Formula: see text]10> as compared to the <1[Formula: see text]00> direction.