Crystals • Vol 13 • No 7
Effect of CaF2@SiO2 on Si3N4/TiC Composite Ceramic Materials: Molecular Dynamics Analysis and Material Preparation
June 2023 • Xuequan Li, Zhaoqiang Chen, Qi Li, Hui Chen, Guangchun Xiao, Mingdong Yi, Jingjie Zhang, Tingting Zhou, Chonghai Xu
Molecular dynamics simulations allow to investigate the microscopic evolution of a structure, and can also point the way to tool material design. In this paper, the effect of adding CaF2 and CaF2@SiO2 on the Si3N4/TiC system is studied using molecular dynamics simulations. The results show that the system with the addition of CaF2@SiO2 to the model has a higher hardness than the system with the addition of CaF2. In order to obtain the optimum parameters for self-lubricating ceramic tools, the effect of adding diff…