This topical review focuses on applying the basics of the classical Coulomb–Amontons (CA)
law of friction to describe bioinspired articulating systems of extremely low values of …

Tribological surgical adjuvants constitute a therapeutic discipline made possible by surgical
advances in the treatment of damaged articular cartilage beyond palliative care. The …

The ability to form strong intermolecular interactions by linear glucosamine polysaccharides
with collagen is strictly related to their nonlinear dynamic behavior and hence bio-lubricating …

The amphoteric effect on the friction between the bovine cartilage/cartilage contacts has
been found to be highly sensitive to the pH of an aqueous solution. The cartilage surface …

Functionality of articular cartilage results from complex interactions between its molecular
components. Among many biomolecules, two are of prime importance for lubrication …

In this study, the authors examine the influence of joint chemical environment by measuring
changes in the tribological properties (friction coefficient and charge density) of contacting …

We present the statistical method to study the interaction between a chosen protein and
another molecule (eg, both being components of lubricin found in synovial fluid) in a water …

Articular cartilage is a natural tribochemical device just-designed by nature. Yet, a vivid
debate goes on toward the mechanisms by which its nanoscopic viscoelastic properties …

The vesicles are round, curvilinear and membranous systems of very wide application in
research and biotechnology [1]. Recently, there is a huge interest in vesicular drug delivery …

Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed for a model aqueous solution of
mucin. As mucin is a central part of lubricin, a key component of synovial fluid, we …