The hydration lubrication paradigm, whereby hydration layers are both strongly held by the
charges they surround, and so can support large pressures without being squeezed out, and …

The static and dynamic properties of polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites are
discussed, in the context of polymers in confined spaces and polymer brushes. A wide range …

Polymers attached by one end to an interface at relatively high coverage stretch away from
the interface to avoid overlapping, forming a polymer" brush." This simple picture may serve …

Long-ranged forces between surfaces in a liquid control effects from colloid stability to
biolubrication, and can be modified either by steric factors due to flexible polymers, or by …

The very low sliding friction at natural synovial joints, which have friction coefficients of μ<
0.002 at pressures up to 5 megapascals or more, has to date not been attained in any …

Tethered polymer chains refers to macromolecular chains that are attached into
microstructures by their ends. Highly branched polymers, polymer micelles and end-grafted …

THE use of lubricants to reduce friction and wear between rubbing surfaces has been
documented since antiquity1–3. Recent approaches have focused on boundary lubrication …

The rheology of end-tethered polymer layered silicate nanocomposites is investigated using
linear viscoelastic measurements in oscillatory shear with small strain amplitudes. Two …

Volume 1 presents first fundamental principles of the rheology of polymeric fluid including
kinematics and stresses of a deformable body, the continuum theory for the viscoelasticity of …

A theory for the equilibrium and dynamic properties of a solution of telechelic polymers in the
limit of high aggregation number is presented. It is shown that (1) the micelles formed by …