Elementary Mechanisms Archives

Friction and Wear: From Elementary Mechanisms to Macroscopic Behavior

23.09.2019 TriboNet

In the last 25 years, the global trend to miniaturization has raised interest in frictional processes on the micro and nano scale and facilitated appearance of nanotribology as a new branch of research. Soon it […]

Hybrid Piezo-Electric Nanogenerator for Portable Electronics

11.10.2021

The push toward low powered, energy-saving devices has been a direction the electronics industry has always pursued. The switch to low powered LED lighting is a good example of this trend. Another avenue is the [...]
Physics of Contact and Adhesion with application to biological systems – ICTP Colloquium

30.08.2019

A talk by Professor Bo Persson on contact mechanics and adhesion in biological systems. Abstract: One of the weakest forces in nature is the van der Waals interaction which acts between all atoms and solids. [...]
Estimation of functional properties of coatings by different tribological test methods

13.09.2021

By Dr. Ameneh Schneider – Optimol Instruments GmbH and Dr. Mathias Woydt – MATRILUB Introduction Interest in special coatings and thin films for tribological applications increased rapidly in the last few decades, especially driven by [...]
Origins of Sliding Friction

08.06.2020

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 [...]
Frictional healing: Prediction of potential earthquakes

21.06.2023

By Dr. Neil Canter, Contributing Editor | TLT Tech Beat June 2023 Frictional healing describes a time-dependent increase in asperity contact between rock surfaces at the micro- to nanoscopic scales. HIGHLIGHTS • Friction is an [...]