In this review, we discuss the concept of bioinspired lubrication using novel polymeric
structures, which has led to producing a myriad of new systems with effective and …

The Marangoni effect—often invoked to describe the so-called “tears of wine”—is in essence
the mass transfer along an interface between two fluids due to a gradient of the surface …

Development of smart, multifunction materials is challenging but important for many
fundamental and industrial applications. Here, we synthesized and characterized …

Controlling (bio-) adhesion and friction is essential in many bio-medical and industrial
applications. Such control can be achieved using stimulus responsive polymers. Coatings …

Graphene foams (GFs) are versatile nanoplatforms for biomedical applications because of
their excellent physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. However, the brittleness and …

Understanding the behavior of ionic liquids (ILs) either confined between rough surfaces or
in rough nanoscale pores is of great relevance to extend studies performed on ideally flat …

UHMWPE-g-AA samples are prepared by ultraviolet-light-induced surface grafting. Ball-on-
disk tribology experiments were used to study the tribological properties of the UHMWPE-g …

We report the design of a diblock copolymer with architecture and function inspired by the
lubricating glycoprotein lubricin. This diblock copolymer, synthesized by sequential …

Polymers exhibiting the bottlebrush (BB) architecture have excellent lubricating properties.
However, to motivate their use in real life systems, they must also protect surfaces against …

Biomacromolecules play a key role in protecting human biointerfaces from friction and wear,
and thus enable painless motion. Biomacromolecules give rise to remarkable tribological …