Superlubricity

Dedicated to this important and rapidly emerging subject, which has a huge positive impact on machine efficiency, durability and the environment

Ali Erdemir (Edited by), Jean-Michel Martin (Edited by)

9780444527721, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 30 March 2007

524 pages, Illustrated
24 x 16.5 x 3.1 cm, 1.09 kg

Superlubricity is defined as a sliding regime in which friction or resistance to sliding vanishes. It has been shown that energy can be conserved by further reducing/removing friction in moving mechanical systems and this book includes contributions from world-renowned scientists who address some of the most fundamental research issues in overcoming friction. Superlubricity reviews the latest methods and materials in this area of research that are aimed at removing friction in nano-to-micro scale machines and large scale engineering components. Insight is also given into the atomic-scale origins of friction in general and superlubricity while other chapters focus on experimental and practical aspects or impacts of superlubricity that will be very useful for broader industrial community.

Section Headings
Theoretical Aspects of Superlubricity

Experimental Studies on Superlubricity at Nanoscale

Superlubricity of Lamellar Solids

Superlubricity of Carbon-Based Coatings

Superlubricity under Boundary and EHD Lubrication

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Tribology [friction & lubrication TGBF], Mechanical engineering [TGB], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG], Physical chemistry [PNR], Physics [PH]