In recent years, increased environmental concern and regulations have fueled a search for
new lubricant additives with reduced environmental impact. Owing to their attractive …

Soon after the discovery of carbon nanotubes, it was realized that the theoretically predicted
mechanical properties of these interesting structures–including high strength, high stiffness …

The goal of this article is to provide an updated and in-depth review of some of the most
exciting and important developments in the processing and properties of carbon nanotubes …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

In tribology, a considerable number of computational and experimental approaches to
understand the interfacial characteristics of material surfaces in motion and tribological …

This review provides an overview of recent advances that have been achieved in
understanding the basic physics of friction and energy dissipation in molecularly thin …

Atomistic simulations of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) as rotational bearings
were performed. Molecular mechanics (MM) calculations show that the interlayer energy …

Using first-principles electronic-structure calculations of static potential energy surfaces, we
investigate the atomic-scale energetic barriers encountered during sliding at Mo S 2 (001) …

Nanoscale tribology is an active and rapidly developing area of research that poses
fundamental scientific questions that, if answered, may offer great technological potential in …

Classical molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the responses of bundles
of single-walled carbon nanotubes to compressive and shear forces between two sliding …