Atomistic Tribology
A New Way to Understand Friction
Friction is a part of everyday life. Most of us do not think about friction at all, except perhaps when we are trying to push something heavy along the floor, cursing the friction that it […]
News
News
Tribology Trends and Challenges in Electric Vehicles: Short Summary
Electric vehicles, while often considered a new phenomenon, have existed since the 1800s. At that point in time, electric vehicles outnumbered gasoline powered vehicles for many reasons. Electric vehicles did not have the same vibration, […]
General Topics
Measuring viscosity in the Earth’s Mantle
The earth seems to be fairly solid as we stand on its surface. We stand on solid ground and do not sink through the floors in our homes. However, underneath that solid-looking crust are layers […]
Atomistic Tribology
Superlubricity of carbon nanotubes as a prerequisite for mechanically activated ionic transport
The field of nanofluidics is the study of the behavior, control and manipulation of fluids that are confined in extremely small structures. The dimensions of these minute structures typically range from 1 nanometer to 100 […]
Advanced Materials
Nanoscale Surface Texture To Reduce Bouncing Droplet Contact Time
Nature continues to shed light on the amazing and wide range of mechanisms employed in the world of plants and animals. Nanoscale (1 x 10 -7 or 3.937 x 10-8 inches) textured surfaces help insects […]
Atomistic Tribology
Biodegradable Triboelectric Nanogenerators to Power Implantable Sensors
Energy harvesting (also sometimes called scavenging) is a process of energy derivation from the ambient sources, e.g., sunlight, wind, heat, mechanical vibrations, etc. The main idea is that devices can collect the energy present in […]
Atomistic Tribology
Origins of Sliding Friction
Origin of sliding friction: role of lattice trapping [avatar user=”avinash” size=”original” align=”left” link=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinash-tiwari-91a0831b/”] The article was co-authored by Dr. Avinash Tiwari, Postdoctoral Researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich. [/avatar] [avatar user=”[email protected]” size=”original” align=”left”] The article was co-authored […]
Atomistic Tribology
Friction Forces Between 2D Materials and Liquids
2D materials deserved an interest in material science and other disciplines due to their exciting electronic, mechanical, and optical properties. The unique behavior of these materials originate from very strong in-plane atoms interactions and very […]
Atomistic Tribology
High Hardness Boron Rich Boron Carbide is Synthesized using CVD
[avatar user=”Aydar Akchurin” size=”original” align=”left” link=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/aydar-akchurin/”] The article was written by Dr. Aydar Akchurin[/avatar] Hardness is a material’s resistance to plastic deformation and this property is widely used to rank materials for various engineering applications. […]
Atomistic Tribology
Atomic scale deformation responsible for surface roughness
[avatar user=”Aydar Akchurin” size=”original” align=”left” link=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/aydar-akchurin/”] The article was written by Dr. Aydar Akchurin[/avatar] Most of the natural or engineered surfaces are not perfect, meaning they are rough. The surface roughness was found across many […]