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Tribology and the Human Evolution

12.08.2019 Dr. Aydar Akchurin 1,061 Views

Tribology, not a common household word, is the science of wear, friction, and lubrication, studying how interacting surfaces behave in relative motion. Tribology does not work in isolation but affects a multitude of other fields […]

Triboelectric nanogenerator to harvest energy from rain droplets

23.03.2018 1,775 Views

Despite the numerous advances in solar cells, one thing remains constant: cloudy, rainy conditions put a damper on the amount of electricity created. Now researchers reporting in the journal ACS Nano have developed hybrid solar [...]
Can full film occur when Lambda = 0.6?

12.04.2021 356 Views

The holy grail of tribologists studying lubricated systems is often to predict the contact lifespan. For this purpose, you can compute the minimum film thickness separating the two bodies… but only if you make the [...]
Superlubricity of carbon nanotubes as a prerequisite for mechanically activated ionic transport

31.08.2020 332 Views

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 [...]
A New Way to Understand Friction

21.09.2020 966 Views

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 [...]
Radiation Can Slow Corrosion

26.10.2020 564 Views

Radiation is well known to cause an increase of corrosion in the materials it comes into contact with. The increase in the corrosion rate leads to machines and equipment becoming inefficient more quickly, and components [...]