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Minimal Quantity Lubrication: Drop on Demand Printing Technique

20.04.2020 Dr. Aydar Akchurin 570 Views

Recent research (https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-017-0183-5) has shown that about 23% of the world’s total energy consumption comes from the tribological contacts (moving parts subject to friction and wear, such as bearings, gears, etc.). This energy is lost, […]

How do phonons lead to frictional energy dissipation?

18.12.2019 664 Views

Friction is often associated with the generation of vibrations in the solids that are sliding over each other. Mathematically, these vibrations are described by the phonons in the two solids, the vibrational eigenmodes. Here, we [...]
Greasy Fingerprints Issue Solved with Nanocoating

28.10.2019 454 Views

You walk into your newly renovated kitchen to admire your brand new, top of the line stainless steel appliances. What? Are those fingerprint smudges on the refrigerator!? Trying to remove those smudges is not an [...]
Friction: The Key to Rock Climbing

18.07.2017 5,808 Views

This article explains the vital role Friction has to play in Rock Climbing. Thanks to Richard Jones and Glen Harding for their input. Friction is the magic ingredient in bouldering and rock climbing. It’s what [...]
Does Friction cause Friction Blisters?

25.07.2017 1,024 Views

What is friction? There is more than one definition of friction. And this has confused our understanding of how it is involved in friction blister formation. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has two definitions of friction: the act of [...]
Friction has memory

18.06.2018 1,606 Views

Experiments show that the friction between two surfaces depends on their history of contact and that this “memory” is reminiscent of the behavior of glasses. Contrary to what you may have learned in high school, [...]