From quantum to continuum mechanics in the delamination of atomically-thin layers from substrates.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 04 2020
Historique:
received: 17 09 2019
accepted: 06 03 2020
entrez: 5 4 2020
pubmed: 5 4 2020
medline: 5 4 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Anomalous proximity effects have been observed in adhesive systems ranging from proteins, bacteria, and gecko feet suspended over semiconductor surfaces to interfaces between graphene and different substrate materials. In the latter case, long-range forces are evidenced by measurements of non-vanishing stress that extends up to micrometer separations between graphene and the substrate. State-of-the-art models to describe adhesive properties are unable to explain these experimental observations, instead underestimating the measured stress distance range by 2-3 orders of magnitude. Here, we develop an analytical and numerical variational approach that combines continuum mechanics and elasticity with quantum many-body treatment of van der Waals dispersion interactions. A full relaxation of the coupled adsorbate/substrate geometry leads us to conclude that wavelike atomic deformation is largely responsible for the observed long-range proximity effect. The correct description of this seemingly general phenomenon for thin deformable membranes requires a direct coupling between quantum and continuum mechanics.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32245965
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15480-w
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-15480-w
pmc: PMC7125152
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1651

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Auteurs

Paul Hauseux (P)

Institute of Computational Engineering Sciences, University of Luxembourg, L-4365, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Thanh-Tung Nguyen (TT)

Institute of Computational Engineering Sciences, University of Luxembourg, L-4365, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Alberto Ambrosetti (A)

Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131, Padova, Italy.

Katerine Saleme Ruiz (KS)

Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, L-1511, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Stéphane P A Bordas (SPA)

Institute of Computational Engineering Sciences, University of Luxembourg, L-4365, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. stephane.bordas@alum.northwestern.edu.
Cardiff University, School of Engineering, Cardiff, UK. stephane.bordas@alum.northwestern.edu.

Alexandre Tkatchenko (A)

Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, L-1511, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. alexandre.tkatchenko@uni.lu.

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