Water-based lubricants: Development, properties, and performances

MH Rahman, H Warneke, H Webbert, J Rodriguez… - Lubricants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Water-based lubricants (WBLs) have been at the forefront of recent research, due to the
abundant availability of water at a low cost. However, in metallic tribo-systems, WBLs often …

Effect of humidity on friction and wear—A critical review

Z Chen, X He, C **ao, SH Kim - Lubricants, 2018 - mdpi.com
The friction and wear behavior of materials are not intrinsic properties, but extrinsic
properties; in other words, they can drastically vary depending on test and environmental …

Tribological performances of SiO2/graphene combinations as water-based lubricant additives for magnesium alloy rolling

H **e, S Dang, B Jiang, L **ang, S Zhou, H Sheng… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
The tribological performances and rolling lubrication properties of SiO 2/graphene
combinations as water-based lubricant additives were evaluated using a reciprocating ball …

Biomass char gasification by H2O, CO2 and their mixture: Evolution of chemical, textural and structural properties of the chars

C Guizani, M Jeguirim, R Gadiou, FJE Sanz… - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study aims to understand the phenomenology of char gasification by monitoring
the chemical, structural and textural char characteristics through the gasification reaction …

Graphene and MoS2 interacting with water: A comparison by ab initio calculations

G Levita, P Restuccia, MC Righi - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Although very similar in many technological applications, graphene and MoS 2 bear
significant differences if exposed to humid environments. As an example, lubrication …

Enhancement of friction performance enabled by a synergetic effect between graphene oxide and molybdenum disulfide

Y Liu, X Chen, J Li, J Luo - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Graphene-related materials and molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2) are good candidates as
solid lubricants owing to their easy-shear property between lattice layers. However, the …

Probing the low-friction mechanism of diamond-like carbon by varying of sliding velocity and vacuum pressure

L Cui, Z Lu, L Wang - Carbon, 2014 - Elsevier
The lubrication of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films has commonly been ascribed to two
hypotheses, ie,'friction-induced graphitization'mechanism and passivation mechanism. To …

Wear evolution of monolayer graphene at the macroscale

Y Huang, Q Yao, Y Qi, Y Cheng, H Wang, Q Li, Y Meng - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
The unprecedentedly-high mechanical strength and the intrinsically lubricating property
make graphene an ideal candidate for atomically-thin solid lubricant. Despite its high …

Impacts of environments on nanoscale wear behavior of graphene: Edge passivation vs. substrate pinning

Y Qi, J Liu, Y Dong, XQ Feng, Q Li - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
Being a typical layer structured two-dimensional material, graphene has a high potential as
an efficient and atomically-thin solid lubricant. However, the outstanding lubricating property …

Monitoring water and oxygen splitting at graphene edges and folds: Insights into the lubricity of graphitic materials

P Restuccia, M Ferrario, MC Righi - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
The functionality of graphene as lubricant material is affected by extrinsic factors, such as the
film thickness and the environmental conditions. Graphite lubricating capability depends as …