Superlubricity: Current Processes, Prevailing Challenges and Future Perspectives
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 197
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Friction remains the primary mode of energy dissipation and component wear, and superlubricity, with vanishing friction and negligible wear, has attracted enormous attention due to the high promise of fundamentally minimizing energy dissipation and improving the working reliability of mechanical systems. Recent years have witnessed the rapid development of superlubricity research, which has been successfully realized under various lubrication states, including solid lubrication, liquid lubrication, solid–liquid composite lubrication, etc. However, the achievement of superlubricity is still at the laboratory research stage, which is subjected to many restrictions, including certain friction materials, controlled atmosphere environments, limited testing conditions, etc. Hence, extending superlubricity achievements to engineering applications is still a big challenge.
The current Special Issue will showcase the recent development of superlubricity. It will be aimed at displaying the current processes, prevailing challenges, and the future perspectives of superlubricity. This Special Issue will not only promote a better understanding of the design strategy for superlubricity but also provide promising solutions to macroscale superlubricity for future industrial applications.
Authors are welcome to submit their latest research in the form of original full articles, communications, or reviews on this topic.
Dr. Qiang Ma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- superlubricity
- negligibly wear
- lubrication mechanism
- design strategy
- industrial applications
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