Publications by authors named "Chenfei Song"

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  • * As current density increased from 0 A/mm to 79.61 A/mm, friction coefficients decreased, and the direction of the current affected the type of damage observed on the worn surfaces.
  • * For the 7075 Al-H62 Cu pair, mechanical wear dominated at low current densities, but electro-erosion became significant at higher densities, while the H62 Cu-7075 Al pair primarily experienced mechanical wear, resulting in a copper film on the aluminum surface.
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Corrugated damage to bearings is a common fault in electrical facilities such as new energy vehicles, wind power, and high-speed railways. The aim of this article is to reveal the microscopic characteristics and formation mechanism of such damages. The corrugation with alternating "light" and "dark" shape was produced on GCr15 bearing races in the experimental conditions.

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Graphene has enormous potential as a solid lubricant at sliding electrical contact interfaces of micro-/nanoelectromechanical systems that suffer severe wear. Understanding the velocity-dependent friction of graphene under different applied voltages contributes to the application of graphene in sliding electrical contact scenarios. The friction of graphene, measured by conductive atomic force microscopy, under low applied voltage increases logarithmically with sliding velocity─the same as when no voltage is applied but at a faster rate of increase.

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  • Friction tests were performed on medium-carbon steel using a pin-disk tribometer to study how wear debris affects tribological properties under magnetic fields.
  • When wear debris was removed, large and scarce particles led to severe wear, while lack of removal allowed fine debris to accumulate, causing a transition from severe to mild wear.
  • The study concluded that reintroducing wear debris during friction is crucial for forming a protective wear-debris layer, which enhances anti-wear effects in the presence of a magnetic field.
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Arc discharges of a pure carbon strip induced by dynamic contact force were studied on a pin-on-disk tribometer. It was found that arc discharges were produced periodically in accordance with the period of the dynamic contact force. The arcing rate of the pure carbon strip increased with an increase of frequency and amplitude , which led to a decrease of current-carrying quality.

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A tribochemistry-assisted method has been developed for nondestructive surface nanofabrication on GaAs. Without any applied electric field and post etching, hollow nanostructures can be directly fabricated on GaAs surfaces by sliding a SiO2 microsphere under an ultralow contact pressure in humid air. TEM observation on the cross-section of the fabricated area shows that there is no appreciable plastic deformation under a 4 nm groove, confirming that GaAs can be removed without destruction.

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In the present study, a friction-induced selective etching method was developed to produce nanostructures on GaAs surface. Without any resist mask, the nanofabrication can be achieved by scratching and post-etching in sulfuric acid solution. The effects of the applied normal load and etching period on the formation of the nanostructure were studied.

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A low-destructive friction-induced nanofabrication method is proposed to produce three-dimensional nanostructures on a quartz surface. Without any template, nanofabrication can be achieved by low-destructive scanning on a target area and post-etching in a KOH solution. Various nanostructures, such as slopes, hierarchical stages and chessboard-like patterns, can be fabricated on the quartz surface.

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As a maskless nanofabrication technique, friction-induced selective etching can easily produce nanopatterns on a Si(100) surface. Experimental results indicated that the height of the nanopatterns increased with the KOH etching time, while their width increased with the scratching load. It has also found that a contact pressure of 6.

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In this paper, a new friction-induced nanofabrication method is presented to fabricate protrusive nanostructures on quartz surfaces through scratching a diamond tip under given normal loads. The nanostructures, such as nanodots, nanolines, surface mesas and nanowords, can be produced on the target surface by programming the tip traces according to the demanded patterns. The height of these nanostructures increases with the increase of the number of scratching cycles or the normal load.

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