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Inorganic fullerene-like materials have been identified as being of potentially utmost importance for many industrial applications. MoS2 and WS2 hollow nanoparticles have been identified as strong candidates for tribological applications such as solid lubricants. The main goal of this work was to evaluate the mechanical properties of solid lubricant particles in ensemble under hydrostatic pressure. The behavior of nanopowders under compression has been described on the basis of constitutive models of continuum mechanics. The model will be applied to an isotropic compaction of copper (well-studied medium), fullerene-like (IF-WS2) nanoparticles and a natural powder of 2H-WS2 platelets. The morphology of individual nanoparticles and nanoparticle ensembles will be examined and discussed. Another aspect of this work was to study the applicability and limitations of the proposed constitutive model for the understanding of the tribological behavior of solid lubricant nanoparticles. Compression with the maximal pressure (500 MPa) showed that the shape of the IF nanoparticles is preserved. The dominant mechanism of damage was found to be the delamination or peeling-off of the external sheets of hollow nanoparticles. Strong destruction of 2H-WS2 platelets was observed under compression.
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Leshchinsky, V., Popovitz-Biro, R., Gartsman, K. et al. Behavior of solid lubricant nanoparticles under compression. Journal of Materials Science 39, 4119–4129 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JMSC.0000033392.89434.87
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