Prior to any practical application, brittle material components may need to be machined to a
high degree of precision in order to avoid functional breakdown as well as to maintain …

Reducing friction and wear by improving the tribological properties of liquid lubricants with
additives is one of the most important research goals in tribology. Graphene is a typical two …

Water-based suspensions with nanoparticles as additives have been developed to replace
oil-based lubricants for green manufacturing. Optimisation of nanosuspension formulation …

Fused silica is a high-purity, hard and brittle, difficult-to-machine amorphous material that is
widely used in the aerospace, optical instruments, semiconductors, microelectronics and …

Applying nanomaterials and nanotechnology in lubrication has become increasingly
popular and important to further reduce the friction and wear in engineering applications. To …

Abstract Gallium oxide (Ga 2 O 3) single crystals are an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor
with wide industrial applications. Ultra-precision grinding is an essential shaping process in …

Silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic is widely used in optical aerospace components due to high-
temperature stability and specific stiffness. Considering low polishing efficiency and quality …

A surface machined by nano-grinding is the result of the coupled activities of nano-cutting,
nano-extrusion and nano-rubbing by multiple abrasive grains of a grinding wheel. With the …

Fixed abrasive lapping (FAL) is a promising technology increasingly used for finishing
optical mirrors and molds in a number of materials due to its high finishing efficiency …

Elastic emission machining (EEM) is one of the most effective technologies for obtaining
ultra-smooth surface. The polishing particle is supplied to a specific position on the …