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Friction in Only One Direction

07.07.2019

Nature has amazed us since the beginning of time. It provides the foundation for all of our best ideas. The animal world provides the inspiration behind one of the new inventions in the world of [...]
Some open problems in adhesion (of rough surfaces)

30.01.2018

By M.Ciavarella, A. Papangelo. Politecnico di BARI, Italy. Adhesion for ‘‘soft’’ bodies shows instabilities like in the simple case of a single sinusoid even in the so called JKR regime (Johnson 1995) which leads to [...]
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. [...]
Argonne Embraces Concept of “in operando” Formation of Carbon-based Tribofilms

23.08.2016

Earlier this month, tribologists and physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory published news of their (self-described) “self-healing diamond-like carbon coating [that] could revolutionize lubrication” in the journal Nature. The researchers [...]
Charging electric vehicle batteries in 10 minutes

08.03.2023

By Dr. Neil Canter, Contributing Editor | TLT Tech Beat February 2023. Originally published by TLT Magazine. HIGHLIGHTS • According to the U.S. Department of Energy, fast charging of a battery means that 150 watt-hours [...]

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Friction in Only One Direction

Some open problems in adhesion (of rough surfaces)

Physics of Contact and Adhesion with application to biological systems – ICTP Colloquium

Argonne Embraces Concept of “in operando” Formation of Carbon-based Tribofilms

Charging electric vehicle batteries in 10 minutes