Exfoliation based technology of large scale manufacturing molybdenum disulphide graphene-like nanoparticle mixtures

Application of solid lubricant nanoparticles to achieve the ultra low friction is proved to be a promising way of tribology development. A new exfoliation based technology of MoS2 solid lubricant nanoparticles is developed and elaborated in this work. The mechanical exfoliation technology of manufacturing MoS2 graphene-like nanoparticles by carefully controlling exfoliation parameters is examined with rolling cleavage machine, and the first characterization of nanoparticle–microparticle mixture obtained by this technology is made. The results reveal the promising application potential of the method.