Functional surfaces for tribological applications: inspiration and design

HA Abdel-Aal - Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface texturing has been recognized as a method for enhancing the tribological properties
of surfaces for many years. Adding a controlled texture to one of two faces in relative motion …

Multimodal locomotion control of needle-like microrobots assembled by ferromagnetic nanoparticles

T Xu, Z Hao, C Huang, J Yu, L Zhang… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microrobots have great potential for multiple applications, such as targeted drug delivery
and micromanipulation. Several kinds of microrobots assembled by nanoparticles have …

Scaling effects on materials tribology: from macro to micro scale

P Stoyanov, RR Chromik - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
The tribological study of materials inherently involves the interaction of surface asperities at
the micro to nanoscopic length scales. This is the case for large scale engineering …

Modeling and experimental characterization of an untethered magnetic micro-robot

C Pawashe, S Floyd, M Sitti - The International Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Here we present the control, performance and modeling of an untethered
electromagnetically actuated magnetic micro-robot. The microrobot, which is composed of …

A comprehensive evaluation of DLC coating on gear bending fatigue, contact fatigue, and scuffing performance

J Wu, P Wei, G Liu, D Chen, X Zhang, T Chen, H Liu - Wear, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern advanced equipment demands higher reliability and longer service life, imposing
increasingly stringent requirements on loading capacity of gears. Diamond-like carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Lime-based mortar reinforced with randomly oriented polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) fibers for strengthening historical masonry structures

M Mercuri, M Vailati, A Gregori - Developments in the Built Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The seismic vulnerability of unreinforced masonries underlines the importance of
developing new methods and materials for the retrofitting of historical structures. Nowadays …

On-demand disassembly of paramagnetic nanoparticle chains for microrobotic cargo delivery

J Yu, T Xu, Z Lu, CI Vong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Paramagnetic nanoparticles are considered as attractive building blocks, particularly for
robotic delivery of drugs. Although paramagnetic nanoparticles can be effectively gathered …

Wear and friction between smooth or rough diamond-like carbon films and diamond tips

L Bai, N Srikanth, EA Korznikova, JA Baimova… - Wear, 2017 - Elsevier
The tribology of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films has been studied for decades, but their
friction and wear mechanisms at the nanoscale still remain unclear due to experimental …

Stress-dependent adhesion and sliding-induced nanoscale wear of diamond-like carbon studied using in situ TEM nanoindentation

JH Liang, Z Milne, M Rouhani, YP Lin, RA Bernal… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
We present the first in situ transmission electron microscope (TEM) study of extended sliding
of diamond-like carbon (DLC) on diamond. We show how the tribological properties of …

AFM investigation of tribological properties of nano-patterned silicon surface

D Marchetto, A Rota, L Calabri, GC Gazzadi… - Wear, 2008 - Elsevier
The tribological properties of a nano-patterned Si surface have been investigated in ambient
condition by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The pattern, consisting of parallel grooves, was …