Scaling effects on materials tribology: from macro to micro scale

P Stoyanov, RR Chromik - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
The tribological study of materials inherently involves the interaction of surface asperities at
the micro to nanoscopic length scales. This is the case for large scale engineering …

Macroscale superlubricity induced by film-forming polymer brush-grafted colloidal additives

A Beheshti, Y Huang, I Blakey, JR Stokes - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Modifying surfaces with concentrated polymer brushes (CPBs) is an effective
way to reduce friction of tribo-pairs lubricated with liquids. We investigate the hypothesis that …

Exploiting the synergy between concentrated polymer brushes and laser surface texturing to achieve durable superlubricity

SC Vlădescu, C Tadokoro, M Miyazaki… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Friction continues to account for the bulk of energy losses in mechanical systems, with an
estimated 23% of the world's total energy consumption used to overcome friction …

Lubrication with oil-compatible polymer brushes

RM Bielecki, EM Benetti, D Kumar, ND Spencer - Tribology Letters, 2012 - Springer
A polymer-brush-based, surface-modification strategy for friction and wear reduction in hard
contact under boundary-lubrication conditions is proposed, specifically for a non-aqueous …

Polymer brushes under shear: Molecular dynamics simulations compared to experiments

MK Singh, P Ilg, RM Espinosa-Marzal, M Kröger… - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
Surfaces coated with polymer brushes in a good solvent are known to exhibit excellent
tribological properties. We have performed coarse-grained equilibrium and nonequilibrium …

Polymer-brush lubrication in oil: sliding beyond the stribeck curve

RM Bielecki, M Crobu, ND Spencer - Tribology Letters, 2013 - Springer
We report a highly effective macroscopic, non-aqueous lubrication strategy, employing
polymer-brush-based surface modification. Poly (alkyl methacrylates) with hexyl, dodecyl …

Water lubricating and biocompatible films of bacterial cellulose nanofibers surface-modified with densely grafted, concentrated polymer brushes

K Sakakibara, K Maeda, C Yoshikawa… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Here, an articular cartilage-inspired system was developed using a densely grafted,
concentrated polymer brush (CPB) for lubrication and bioinertness and a cellulose nanofiber …

Marine antifouling coatings based on durable bottlebrush polymers

C Yoshikawa, R Takagi… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report a next-generation, biocide-free, and durable marine antifouling coating
technology. To achieve this, we combined two different polymers previously developed by …

Experimental test of a frictional contact model for shear thickening in concentrated colloidal suspensions

YF Lee, Y Luo, SC Brown, NJ Wagner - Journal of Rheology, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Rheological experiments on model and industrial colloidal dispersions that exhibit
reversible shear thickening are compared to a recent model that correlates simulation …

Fabrication of a SERS based aptasensor for detection of ricin B toxin

A Zengin, U Tamer, T Caykara - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this report, we have developed a novel surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
aptasensor for ricin B toxin recognition based on Ag nanoparticles labeled with 4, 4 …