Thermal-fluctuation gradient induced tangential entropic forces in layered two-dimensional materials

• Main Authors: Zhu, Fangyan, Leng, Jiantao, Jiang, Jin-Wu, Chang, Tienchong, Zhang, Tongyi, Gao, Huajian
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Thermal-Fluctuation Gradient Induced Force; Two-Dimensional Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161785
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recent studies on nanomechanical devices based on low-dimensional nanomaterials have revealed several different types of thermal fluctuation gradient induced tangential entropic forces (TEFs), including expulsion force, edge force, thermophoretic force, nanodurotaxis force, etc. While all these forc...