12/24/2020
Abstract: Engine oils are produced with a blend of almost 80% (w/w) base oils and 20% (w/w) of different additives. This study investigates, for the first […]
10/11/2020
Abstract This work focuses on the ZDDP concentration (1, 5 and 20 wt%) to form a ZDDP film on surfaces during static thermal tests at 150 […]
10/11/2020
Abstract Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted for a cubic Cu cluster supported on a graphite bilayer. The Sutten–Chen and Lennard–Jones potentials were used for metal–metal and […]
10/11/2020
Abstract Waste sugar beet pulp has been used as adsorbent for the removal of a hazardous cationic dye, Basic violet 16, from its aqueous solution. Adsorption […]
10/11/2020
Abstract The evolution of the nano-mechanical properties of tribofilms formed in steel/steel, steel/a-C:H and steel/Si-DLC contacts lubricated with two commercial oils containing different amounts of SAPS […]
10/11/2020
Abstract Inspired by the multifunctionality of vitamin D‐binding protein and the multiple transient‐binding behavior of some intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), a polymeric platform is designed, prepared, […]
10/11/2020
Abstract: We report herein a very efficient synthesis strategy for the construction of artificial transient-binding protein-mimic nano-objects. Michael addition-mediated multidirectional self-assembly of individual polymeric chains at […]
09/27/2020
Abstract The chemical and mechanical properties of the tribofilms have an important effect to friction and wear in boundary lubrication. Previous studies have been carried out […]
09/18/2020
The evolution of the nano-mechanical properties of tribofilms formed in steel/steel, steel/a-C:H and steel/Si-DLC contacts lubricated with two commercial oils containing different amounts of SAPS additives (E6 and E7 grade) and a mineral base oil containing ZDDP additive were examined in this investigation for two very different time periods