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Triboelectric generators can be used to improve mass spectroscopy sensors

10.05.2017 tribonet 1,217 Views

[embedded content] Triboelectric nanogenerators convert mechanical energy harvested from the environment to electricity for powering small devices such as sensors or for recharging consumer electronics. Now, researchers have harnessed these devices to improve the charging […]

Contact Mechanics Book

06.03.2018 340 Views

The Handbook on Contact Mechanics (Handbuch der Kontaktmechanik) co-authored by Honorary Professor of Tomsk Polytechnic University, head of the Department of System Dynamics and Friction Physics at Technical University Berlin, Valentin Popov, a TPU alumnus [...]
Scope of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Tribology

15.02.2021 909 Views

Introduction to AI and ML Right from mobile phone apps which recommend our favorite music to the most sophisticated autonomous vehicles, every device in today’s times is embedded with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Taking [...]
A Better Way to 3D Print Metallic Glass

25.10.2018 1,284 Views

In the last several years, 3D printing with plastics has advanced rapidly. Now, a team of researchers have shown that it may soon be as easy and practical to use metals with 3D printing. Led [...]
Simulations explain why the ice is so slippery

21.05.2018 838 Views

Everybody knows that sliding on ice or snow, is much easier than sliding on most other surfaces. But why is the ice surface slippery? This question has engaged scientists for more than a century and [...]
The Next Mars Rover Wheels Designed To Prevent Wear

29.11.2017 1,494 Views

The Curiosity Rover has made some incredible discoveries during the five years it has been operating on the surface of Mars. And in the course of conducting its research, the rover has also accrued some [...]