Recent progress in cartilage lubrication

W Lin, J Klein - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Healthy articular cartilage, covering the ends of bones in major joints such as hips and
knees, presents the most efficiently‐lubricated surface known in nature, with friction …

Lubrication of articular cartilage

S Jahn, J Seror, J Klein - Annual review of biomedical …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The major synovial joints such as hips and knees are uniquely efficient tribological systems,
able to articulate over a wide range of shear rates with a friction coefficient between the …

Hydration lubrication

J Klein - Friction, 2013 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Human saliva and model saliva at bulk to adsorbed phases–similarities and differences

A Sarkar, F Xu, S Lee - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Human saliva, a seemingly simple aqueous fluid, is, in fact, an extraordinarily complex
biocolloid that is not fully understood, despite many decades of study. Salivary lubrication is …

Hydration lubrication: the macromolecular domain

S Jahn, J Klein - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Macromolecules, which adsorb or intrinsically form boundary layers at surfaces sliding past
each other in aqueous media, are ubiquitous both in technology and in biological systems …

Exploring the lubrication mechanisms of synovial fluids for joint longevity–a perspective

M Marian, R Shah, B Gashi, S Zhang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Synovial fluids are complex fluids responsible for the exceptional lubrication present in
synovial joints. These fluids consist of various constituents, including hyaluronic acid …

Mucin gel assembly is controlled by a collective action of non-mucin proteins, disulfide bridges, Ca2+-mediated links, and hydrogen bonding

OW Meldrum, GE Yakubov, MR Bonilla… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Mucus is characterized by multiple levels of assembly at different length scales which result
in a unique set of rheological (flow) and mechanical properties. These physical properties …

Modulating mucin hydration and lubrication by deglycosylation and polyethylene glycol binding

T Crouzier, K Boettcher, AR Geonnotti… - Advanced Materials …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A key property of mucin glycoproteins is their exceptional capacity to hydrate and lubricate
surfaces. In vivo, mucins assemble into mucus hydrogels that cover the epithelium and …

Astringent mouthfeel as a consequence of lubrication failure

S Ma, H Lee, Y Liang, F Zhou - Angewandte Chemie, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we systematically investigate the origin of astringent mouthfeel when we eat unripe
fruits, drink coffee or tea, from the perspective of lubrication by simulating the dynamic weak …

Excellent lubricating behavior of Brasenia schreberi mucilage

J Li, Y Liu, J Luo, P Liu, C Zhang - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
The present work reports an excellent lubrication property of an aquatic plant called
Brasenia schreberi (BS). To investigate the lubrication characteristics of the BS mucilage, a …