The Interfacial Shear Strength of Molybdenum Disulfide and Graphite Films

Abstract

A number of interfacial shear properties of thin film of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and oleophilic graphite are presented. The interfacial shear strength dependences on contact pressure and on temperature are compared with the data that have been accumulated for organic polymer film of comparable thickness. The interfacial shear strength results have been obtained using both plastically and elastically deforming contacts and the data are in good agreement.