[HTML][HTML] A review of advances in tribology in 2020–2021

Y Meng, J Xu, L Ma, Z Jin, B Prakash, T Ma, W Wang - Friction, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Around 1,000 peer-reviewed papers were selected from 3,450 articles published
during 2020–2021, and reviewed as the representative advances in tribology research …

The effects of filler type on the friction and wear performance of PEEK and PTFE composites under hybrid wear conditions

Z Lin, K Zhang, J Ye, X Li, X Zhao, T Qu, Q Liu, B Gao - Wear, 2022 - Elsevier
An effort is made to circumvent the negative effects on the outstanding processability and
mechanical properties of poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) when it is blended with solid …

Mechanochemical functionality of graphene additives in ultralow wear polytetrafluoroethylene composites

W Sun, X Liu, K Liu, J Xu, Y Lu, J Ye - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Poly-tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a well-known solid lubricant, but its poor wear resistance
limits its tribological applications. Certain carbonaceous fillers reduce PTFE wear rate by up …

Mechanochemical effect of filler surface functionality on fluoropolymer tribology

W Sun, X Liu, Q Song, K Liu, W Wang, Y Lu… - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
The 10 000× wear resistance improvement of PTFE by a trace amount of nanofillers has
been heavily studied in the past decade and attributed to the moisture-dependent …

Modeling of contact temperatures and their influence on the tribological performance of PEEK and PTFE in a dual-pin-on-disk tribometer

Z Lin, T Qu, K Zhang, Q Zhang, S Wang, G Wang… - Friction, 2023 - Springer
The direct blending of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) with a solid lubricant such as
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) improves its tribological performance, but compromises its …

Friction and wear of PTFE composites with different filler in high purity hydrogen gas

Y Sawae, T Morita, K Takeda, S Onitsuka, J Kaneuti… - Tribology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Single-filler polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composites with different filler materials are
prepared and their tribological characteristics are evaluated in gaseous hydrogen to …

Ultralow wear poly (tetrafluoroethylene): a virtuous cycle of wear reduction and tribochemical accumulation

KI Alam, DL Burris - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 - ACS Publications
Certain nanofillers have demonstrated a remarkable wear-reducing effect on poly
(tetrafluoroethylene)(PTFE), a common solid lubricant polymer. In these unusual cases …

Leveraging trace nanofillers to engineer ultra-low wear polymer surfaces

KI Alam, A Baratz, D Burris - Wear, 2021 - Elsevier
Trace nanofillers have proven unable to stabilize polymer surfaces due to their inability to
reinforce the subsurface. Thus far, their effects on surface wear have been obscured by …

Isolating the tribochemical and mechanical effects of nanofillers on PTFE wear

KI Alam, P Bragaw, DL Burris - Wear, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultra-low-wear PTFE nanocomposites rely heavily on water-dependent tribochemistry,
which reinforces surfaces by anchoring tribochemically-modified chains to nanofillers and …

Independently tuning surface and subsurface reinforcement to optimize PTFE wear

KI Alam, A Garodia, P Bragaw, DL Burris - Wear, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that PTFE achieves ultra-low wear rates through a combination
of surface and subsurface reinforcement. However, these two wear-reducing effects depend …