Advances in Water-Based Nanolubricants

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, energy saving and environmental protection are being subjected to unprecedented challenges—green manufacturing and its sustainable development—therefore, they are gaining increasing importance in the modern manufacturing industry. Lubrication is among the most useful techniques to minimise the energy loss which primarily results from friction and wear in engineering fields. Nevertheless, the application and discharge of oil-based lubricants will inevitably bring forth environmental issues due to the nonbiodegradable nature and inherent toxicity of oil, leading to the issue of recycling. Although water is a clean, low-cost and recyclable lubricant, its corrosive properties and poor viscosity restrain it from being used in most engineering applications. To enhance the lubricity of water, recent research has been directed towards using various nanomaterials as nanoadditives dispersed in water with the aid of eco-friendly surfactants. In this regard, water-based nanolubricants have presented a prevailing trend to substitute conventional oil-based ones including pure oils, oil-in-water emulsions and oil-containing nanolubricants in the modern manufacturing industry.

The current Special Issue is dedicated to the latest developments in experimental or modelling research concerning novel water-based nanolubricants in the area of tribology and emerging fields.

Dr. Hui Wu
Dr. Pradeep Menezes
Guest Editors

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