Dr. Haoran Zhang's Paper Accepted by Langmuir

On October 12, Dr. Haoran Zhang’s paper “Interfacial Spatial Heterogeneity-Associated Mesoscale Friction Instability at a Diamond Cu Interface” was accepted by Langmuir, a well-known journal in interfacial mechanics.

The paper investigates mesoscale stick–slip friction in diamond–copper sliding contacts. Using a custom-built tribological probe system, the study examines the effects of normal load and sliding velocity on friction force fluctuations, and establishes a relationship between the characteristic stick–slip repeat length and the statistical morphology of polished copper surfaces.

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52376159 and 52202086).

Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/a/5448543?guestAccessKey=f0004802-a462-49c5-91a4-a2d72475a00a