This review article comprises of three parts. Firstly, reports of brake manufacturers on the
beneficial impact of solid lubricants for pad formulations are surveyed. Secondly, since …

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

Friction and wear reduction by diamond-like carbon (DLC) in automotive applications can be
affected by zinc-dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), which is widely used in engine oils. Our …

Zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate (ZDDP) is a key antiwear additive in lubricants that forms robust
phosphate glass-based tribofilms to mitigate wear on rubbing surfaces. The quest to unravel …

Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), the most widely used antiwear additive in engine oils,
has been extensively studied over the last few decades to help understand the origin of its …

The microwave-synthesized reduced graphene oxide (MRG), boron-doped reduced
graphene oxide (B-MRG), nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide (N-MRG), boron …

Laser surface texturing (LST) has been proven to improve the tribological performance of
machine elements. The micro-scale patterns manufactured by LST may act as lubricant …

Ionic liquids (ILs) have recently been developed as a novel class of lubricant anti-wear (AW)
additives, but the formation mechanism of their wear protective tribofilms is not yet well …

Recent years have witnessed the acceleration of research on tribochemical reactions in the
tribology area. Together with new experimental findings, atomic modeling has increasingly …

A newly developed tribochemical model based on thermodynamics of interfaces and
kinetics of tribochemical reactions is implemented in a contact mechanics simulation and the …