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Lubricants, Volume 7, Issue 8

August 2019 - 10 articles

Cover Story: Superlubricity is a highly sought-after state of vanishing friction, which has only been identified in a very limited number of material systems. In this contribution, sodium chloride nanoparticles on graphite are revealed as a new material system for superlubricity. By applying nanomanipulation techniques to the particles, sublinear friction vs. area scaling is found, which is widely regarded as a defining key characteristic of superlubricity. Detailed analysis linked the two branches of scaling behavior to the interface conditions of the particles, which can either be amorphous or polycrystalline. View this paper
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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,293 Views
11 Pages

Tribological and Thermal Transport Performance of SiO2-Based Natural Lubricants

  • Jaime Taha-Tijerina,
  • Karla Aviña and
  • Jose Manuel Diabb

Fluids and lubricants are critical for the mechanical manufacturing processing of metals, due to a high amount of friction generated, also reflected as heat, could wear and damage tooling and machine components. The proper application of lubricants i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,689 Views
14 Pages

Fabricating Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures on Medical Grade Cobalt–Chrome–Molybdenum: Tribological, Wetting and Leaching Properties

  • Sanne H. van der Poel,
  • Marek Mezera,
  • Gert-willem R. B. E. Römer,
  • Erik G. de Vries and
  • Dave T. A. Matthews

Hip-implants structured with anti-bacterial textures should show a low-friction coefficient and should not leach hazardous substances into the human body. The surface of a typical material used for hip-implants, namely Cobalt–Chrome–Molybdenum (CoCrM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,637 Views
19 Pages

A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study on Shearing Mechanisms in Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Line Contacts

  • Marko Tošić,
  • Roland Larsson,
  • Janko Jovanović,
  • Thomas Lohner,
  • Marcus Björling and
  • Karsten Stahl

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the thermal elastohydrodynamically lubricated (EHL) line contact problem has been developed for the purpose of exploring the physical processes that occur inside a thin EHL film subjected to shearing moti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,957 Views
26 Pages

The Influence of Surface Texturing on the Frictional Behaviour in Starved Lubricated Parallel Sliding Contacts

  • Dariush Bijani,
  • Elena L. Deladi,
  • Matthijn B. de Rooij and
  • Dirk J. Schipper

Starvation occurs when the lubricated contact uses up the lubricant supply, and there is not enough lubricant in the contact to support the separation between solid surfaces. On the other hand, the use of textures on surfaces in lubricated contacts c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,399 Views
12 Pages

Friction vs. Area Scaling of Superlubric NaCl-Particles on Graphite

  • Felix Hartmuth,
  • Dirk Dietzel,
  • Astrid S. de Wijn and
  • André Schirmeisen

Structural lubricity is an intriguing tribological concept, where extremely low friction is anticipated, if two surfaces in relative motion do not share the same lattice structure and consequently instabilities originating from interlocking surface p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,770 Views
19 Pages

Production and Tribological Characterization of Tailored Laser-Induced Surface 3D Microtextures

  • Joel Voyer,
  • Johann Zehetner,
  • Stefan Klien,
  • Florian Ausserer and
  • Igor Velkavrh

The aim of the present study was firstly to determine the manufacturing feasibility of a specific surface 3D-microtexturing on steel through an ultra-short pulsed laser, and secondly to investigate the tribological properties under 2 different lubric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,189 Views
18 Pages

Reconstruction of Governing Equations from Vibration Measurements for Geometrically Nonlinear Systems

  • Marco Didonna,
  • Merten Stender,
  • Antonio Papangelo,
  • Filipe Fontanela,
  • Michele Ciavarella and
  • Norbert Hoffmann

Data-driven system identification procedures have recently enabled the reconstruction of governing differential equations from vibration signal recordings. In this contribution, the sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics is applied to structural...

  • Review
  • Open Access
87 Citations
9,084 Views
15 Pages

The need for metallic biomaterials will always remain high with their growing demand in joint replacement in the aging population. This creates need for the market and researchers to focus on the development and advancement of the biometals. Desirabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,600 Views
11 Pages

In this study, dahlia-type carbon nanohorns (CNH) have been deposited onto a stainless steel substrate by using electrophoretic deposition. Secondly, the lubrication properties of the carbon nanohorn coating have been researched by tribometry and com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,462 Views
13 Pages

Improvement of the Tribological Characteristics of AISI 8620, 8640 and 52100 Steels through Thermo-Reactive Treatments

  • Rafael Magalhães Triani,
  • Fábio Edson Mariani,
  • Lucas Fuscaldi De Assis Gomes,
  • Pedro Gabriel Bonella De Oliveira,
  • George Edward Totten and
  • Luiz Carlos Casteletti

The production of vanadium and niobium carbides (VC and NbC) layers on AISI 8620, 8640, and 52100 steels may increase hardness and wear resistance of substrates. Thermochemical treatments were performed at 1000 °C for 2 and 4 h. The characterizat...

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