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Atomic scale deformation responsible for surface roughness

04.05.2020 tribonet 637 Views

Most of the natural or engineered surfaces are not perfect, meaning they are rough. The surface roughness was found across many scales: from atomic to tectonic. The earth looks smooth from space, but someone standing […]

Structural Lubricity: A Recent Overview

09.11.2020 505 Views

Tribology is largely concerned with understanding of the (friction) forces acting at the interface between objects moving against each other (Menezes et al., 2013). Over the recent years there has been significant progress in understanding [...]
Slow-Moving Earthquakes

03.02.2020 2,169 Views

The scientific theory of plate tectonics (a word derived from the Greek word tectonicus which means ‘pertains to building’) describes the large-scale motion of the seven or eight major plates (the number depends on how [...]
Can we please get rid of the toxic copper in brake pads?

21.12.2020 1,200 Views

Whatever humanity does today, it does it on a very large scale. And the consequences are large as well! In the automotive area, I was clearly aware of CO2 emissions and global warming issues. A [...]
The Science of Friction on Graphene

12.08.2017 539 Views

Sliding on flexible graphene surfaces has been uncharted territory until now, Graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon sheets just one atom thick, has been the subject of widespread research, in large part because of its [...]
Modeling Ice Friction

13.05.2019 709 Views

Glaciers and Ice Friction Glaciers are comprised of snow accumulated over many years and compressed into large ice masses. Formed when snow remains in a location long enough to form ice, glaciers are unique in [...]