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Friction anisotropy: A unique and intrinsic property of decagonal quasicrystals

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We show that friction anisotropy is an intrinsic property of the atomic structure of Al–Ni–Co decagonal quasicrystals and not only of clean and well-ordered surfaces that can be prepared in vacuum [J.Y. Park et al., Science309, 1354 (2005)]. Friction anisotropy is manifested in both nanometer-size contacts obtained with sharp atomic force microscope tips and macroscopic contacts produced in pin-on-disk tribometers. We show that the friction anisotropy, which is not observed when an amorphous oxide film covers the surface, is recovered when the film is removed due to wear. Equally important is the loss of the friction anisotropy when the quasicrystalline order is destroyed due to cumulative wear. These results reveal the intimate connection between the mechanical properties of these materials and their peculiar atomic structure.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported in the United States by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences Division, of the United States Department of Energy through the Ames Laboratory, Contract No. W-405-Eng-82, and through the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Sciences Division, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. We thank P.C. Canfield and his group for providing single grain samples of the quasicrystal. In Europe, support was provided by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Region Lorraine and the Commission of the European Communities (Contract No. NMP3–CT–2005 - 500145). We are also grateful to the Austrian Research Centres—Seibersdorf and to Dr. A. Merstallinger for access to the pin-on-disk facility.

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  1. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    Jeong Young Park, D.F. Ogletree & M. Salmeron

  2. Ames Laboratory & Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA

    C.J. Jenks & P.A. Thiel

  3. Austrian Centre of Competence for Tribology Research GmbH, A-2700, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

    J. Brenner

  4. Austrian Research Centre-Seibersdorf Research GmbH, A-2444, Seibersdorf, Austria

    J. Brenner

  5. Laboratoire de Science et Génie des Matériaux et de Métallurgie (LSG2M), Institut Jean Lamour [FR2797 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL)-Université Henri Poincaré (UHP)], Nancy-Université Ecole des Mines, Parc de Saurupt, F-54042, Nancy cedex, France

    J.M. Dubois

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Park, J.Y., Ogletree, D., Salmeron, M. et al. Friction anisotropy: A unique and intrinsic property of decagonal quasicrystals. Journal of Materials Research 23, 1488–1493 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2008.0187

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