Surface textures with micro-scale feature dimensions still hold great potential to enhance the
frictional performance of tribological systems. Apart from the ability of surface texturing to …

Nanoparticles (NPs) can be highly beneficial as additives to lubricating fluids, and the
tribotronic response of charged NPs tuned by external fields represents an area of great …

Studies of the fundamental origins of friction have undergone rapid acceleration in recent
years by providing valuable information on the nanoscale mechanisms responsible for …

Silicon-based materials are widely applied in micro-and nanoscale devices, such as micro-
and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMs and NEMs, respectively). However, the …

Suspended particulate matter (PMx) is one of the most important environmental pollutants.
Miniaturized sensors capable of measuring and analyzing PMx are crucial in environmental …

Nanotribological and electrochemical behavior of platinum-nanofluid interfaces are reported
for aqueous suspensions of positively charged Al 2 O 3 and negatively charged TiO 2 …

Active control of nanotribological properties is a challenge. Materials responsive to external
stimuli may catalyze this paradigm shift. Recently, the nanofriction of a thin film is modulated …

Tribotronics represents the modulation of friction via an external electric potential, a field with
promising ramifications for intelligent devices, precision manufacturing, and biomedical …

In this paper, four ionic liquids based on chromotropate (CAILs) were prepared and applied
to heighten the tribological performance of aqueous system on different metal friction …

This paper explores the development of a subject called “tribotronics”, the science of actively
controlled tribological elements and considers the potential of tribotronics as part of a …