Phase-Change-Induced Improvements in Friction Interface Lubrication
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 43
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tribology; composite coatings; water lubrication
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Interests: tribology; composite coatings; water lubrication
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Friction generates and accumulates heat at friction interface, which leads to a non-uniform thermal field. Consequently, the wear resistance of a material’s surface would be weakened due to thermal deformation, a tribochemical effect, cracks or even, possibly, melting. To minimise the temperature rise, an effective counter surface design for decreasing or transfering frictional heat is required. However, this would still involve passively consuming friction heat. By contrast, actively using frictional heat based on the principle of inducing specific phase change could be a more effective solution.
The Special Issue, titled, "Phase-Change-Induced Improvement in Friction Interface Lubrication", aims to present recent research on the improved friction and wear properties in this field. The phase changes include those associated with crystal structure and material state transformations, and surface oxidation. The focus will involve, for example, the following:
- The phase-change-induced decreament in temperature at a frictional interface
- The phase-change-induced improvement in lubricating effect
- The phase-change-induced enhancement in wear resistance
- Novel architectures of composite surfaces containing phase change materials
- Novel phase change materials for lubrication
- Theoretical or modelling strategies for understanding the lubrication mechanisms of phase change materials
Dr. Qianzhi Wang
Prof. Dr. Fei Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phase change
- lubrication
- anti-friction
- wear resistant
- composite coatings
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