Superlubricity, a fantastic lubrication sate where friction or resistance to sliding nearly
vanishes, has become one of the most important approaches to combat friction-induced …

Molecular simulation is a powerful computational tool for a broad range of applications
including the examination of materials properties and accelerating drug discovery. At the …

We introduce a Gaussian approximation potential (GAP) for atomistic simulations of liquid
and amorphous elemental carbon. Based on a machine learning representation of the …

Friction and wear reduction by diamond-like carbon (DLC) in automotive applications can be
affected by zinc-dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP), which is widely used in engine oils. Our …

Superlubricity of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) coatings under boundary lubrication
with organic friction modifiers is important for industrial applications, but the underlying …

Tribocorrosion is a material degradation phenomenon resulting from interactive effects
between wear and corrosion. It is commonly found in engineering applications (eg …

Driven by the advent of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene, designing or tailoring
sp 2-rich carbon clusters in carbon based films attains very interesting properties which can …

Amorphous carbon films have attracted substantial interest due to their exceptional
mechanical and tribological properties. Previous studies revealed that the amorphous …

Amorphous carbon (aC) materials have diverse interesting and useful properties, but the
understanding of their atomic-scale structures is still incomplete. Here, we report on …

Excellent tribological properties of an advanced polymer matrix composite were obtained by
a combination of micro-and nano-sized fillers. Surface features and the nanostructure of …