There has been tremendous interest in the development of different innovative wear‐
resistant materials, which can help to reduce energy losses resulted from friction and wear …

Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Since the first successful synthesis of graphene just over a decade ago, a variety of two-
dimensional (2D) materials (eg, transition metal-dichalcogenides, hexagonal boron-nitride …

This review summarizes recent advances in the area of tribology based on the outcome of a
Lorentz Center workshop surveying various physical, chemical and mechanical phenomena …

Long-term observation of the triboelectric effect has not only proved the feasibility of many
novel and useful tribo-devices (eg, triboelectric nanogenerators), but also constantly …

Zinc dialkyldithiophosphates (ZDDPs) form antiwear tribofilms at sliding interfaces and are
widely used as additives in automotive lubricants. The mechanisms governing the tribofilm …

Under the high-contact-pressure and shear conditions of tribological interfaces lubricated by
gaseous, liquid, and solid forms of carbon precursors, a variety of highly favorable …

The adhesive wear process remains one of the least understood areas of mechanics. While
it has long been established that adhesive wear is a direct result of contacting surface …

Topographic nanomanufacturing with a depth precision down to atomic dimension is of
importance for advancement of nanoelectronics with new functionalities. Here we …

At the interfaces of 2D materials, the solid-state condensed matter physics is closely
intertwined with the mechanics in terms of adhesion/separation and friction as well as …