Carbon nanomaterials in tribology

W Zhai, N Srikanth, LB Kong, K Zhou - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, carbon nanomaterials have attracted great interest for their
confirmed friction and wear performances as well as important tribological applications. This …

Polymer/nanodiamond composites-a comprehensive review from synthesis and fabrication to properties and applications

P Karami, SS Khasraghi, M Hashemi, S Rabiei… - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanodiamond (ND) is an allotrope of carbon nanomaterials which exhibits many
outstanding physical, mechanical, thermal, optical and biocompatibility characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon nanomaterial-based lubricants: review of recent developments

MM Rahman, M Islam, R Roy, H Younis, M AlNahyan… - Lubricants, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review article summarizes the progress of research on carbon nanomaterial-based
lubricants witnessed in recent years. Carbon nanomaterials, such as graphene, carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the tribological behavior of internal combustion engines via the addition of nanoparticles to engine oils

MKA Ali, H Xianjun - Nanotechnology Reviews, 2015 - degruyter.com
The friction between two sliding surfaces is probably one of the oldest problems in
mechanics. Frictional losses in any IC engine vary between 17% and 19% of the total …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of various grease compositions and silver nanoparticle additives on electrically induced rolling-element bearing damage

S Bond, RL Jackson, G Mills - Friction, 2024 - Springer
Leakage currents accelerate surface degradation of metal contacts via small scale arcing
across lubricating films, but recent observations suggest that metallic nanoparticle additives …

Tribological performance and lubrication mechanism of alumina nanoparticle water-based suspensions in ball-on-three-plate testing

A He, S Huang, JH Yun, H Wu, Z Jiang, J Stokes… - Tribology Letters, 2017 - Springer
The lubrication performance of alumina (Al 2 O 3) nanoparticle water-based suspensions
was systematically investigated using a ball-on-three-plate testing configuration with alloy …

Graphite/diamond ethylene glycol-nanofluids for solar energy applications

E Sani, N Papi, L Mercatelli, G Żyła - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The rapid development of thermodynamic solar systems requires increasingly efficient
absorption materials. This work reports on the investigation of light-intensity dependent …

[HTML][HTML] Tribological investigation of diamond nanoparticles for steel/steel contacts in boundary lubrication regime

A Raina, A Anand - Applied nanoscience, 2017 - Springer
This paper presents an investigation of nanodiamond additives (ND) in combination with
copper oxide (CuO) and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) particles mixed in PAO (poly-alpha …

Effect of nanometer silicon dioxide on the frictional behavior of lubricating grease

Q He, A Li, Y Guo, S Liu… - Nanomaterials and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Nanometer-silicon dioxide encapsulated in lithium grease is prepared, and the frictional
behavior of the lithium grease and nanometer-silicon dioxide–contained lithium grease is …

The influence of ash content on thermophysical properties of ethylene glycol based graphite/diamonds mixture nanofluids

G Żyła, J Fal, P Estellé - Diamond and Related Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the second half of the twentieth century, nanofluids are very promising engineering
materials that can find numerous applications in the processes of heat exchange. Scientist …