A review of recent advances in tribology

Y Meng, J Xu, Z Jin, B Prakash, Y Hu - Friction, 2020 - Springer
The reach of tribology has expanded in diverse fields and tribology related research
activities have seen immense growth during the last decade. This review takes stock of the …

[HTML][HTML] Superlubricity of carbon nanostructures

X Chen, J Li - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Superlubricity, a fantastic lubrication sate where friction or resistance to sliding nearly
vanishes, has become one of the most important approaches to combat friction-induced …

Probing the low friction mechanism of hydrogen-free DLC film in oxygen and nitrogen environments by first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulation

Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Luo, L Wang, C Xiao - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
We try to compare the interfacial bonding behavior of hydrogen-free DLC films in nitrogen or
nitrogen atoms environment by first principle calculation and molecular dynamics (MD) …

Tribochemistry of superlubricating amorphous carbon films

D Zhu, H Li, L Ji, H Zhou, J Chen - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Tribochemistry refers to a series of physical and chemical reactions that occur at a sliding
interface under friction action, and the tribological properties of materials also change …

Effect of modulation ratio on microstructure and tribological properties of TiAlN/TiAlCN multilayer coatings prepared by multi-excitation source plasma

B Zhou, Y Wang, Z Liu, J Zhi, H Sun, Y Wang, Y Wu… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
TiAlN/TiAlCN multilayer coatings with different modulation ratios were prepared by
magnetron sputtering and pulse-cathodic arc evaporation. The effect of modulation ratio on …

Role of interfacial bonding in tribochemical wear

C Luo, Y Jiang, Y Liu, Y Wang, J Sun, L Qian… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tribochemical wear of contact materials is an important issue in science and engineering.
Understanding the mechanisms of tribochemical wear at an atomic scale is favorable to …

Decoding the phonon transport of structural lubrication at silicon/silicon interface

Y Dong, Y Ding, Z Rui, F Lian, Y Tao, W Hui… - Nanotechnology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Although the friction characteristics under different contact conditions have been extensively
studied, the mechanism of phonon transport at the structural lubrication interface is not …

WS2 Nanopowders as High-Temperature Lubricants: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

J Zhu, Q Zeng, C Yan, W He - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
In view of the high-temperature operation conditions in lubrication, this work focused on the
lubrication performances of WS2 nanopowders at high temperatures. A certainly low …

Probing the tribological behaviors of aC films in CO2 environment based on ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulation

Y Liu, P Xu, Y Luo, H Zhang, X Wang, L Liu… - Computational Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, ReaxFF simulation is used to study the friction characteristics of amorphous
carbon (aC) films in CO 2 environment by considering the influences of CO 2 molecular …

A molecular dynamics study of the oxidation mechanism, nanostructure evolution, and friction characteristics of ultrathin amorphous carbon films in vacuum and …

S Wang, K Komvopoulos - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Amorphous carbon (aC) films are characterized by extraordinary chemical inertness and
unique thermophysical properties that are critical to applications requiring oxidation …