Advanced Polymeric and Colloidal Lubricants
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 3237
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biolubrication; polymeric lubricants; nanotribology; hydration lubrication; synovial joints; intermolecular and surface forces; biointerfaces; bioinspired materials; biosourced materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past two decades, our understanding of complex intermolecular interactions responsible for friction and wear reduction in mechanical and biomechanical systems has improved significantly. As a result, there has been a burst of novel materials and technologies designed and evaluated to improve efficiency and sustainability of these systems. Three classes of materials especially stand out as novel solutions for friction and wear reduction as they allow precise control of friction forces at the intermolecular scale: (i) polymeric materials and coatings, including biosourced and bioinspired polymers, proteins and peptides as well as synthetic ones, (ii) nanoparticle-based coatings, with novel geometries and surface modifications, either natural or synthetic, and (iii) electrolyte-based lubricating systems, including highly concentrated electrolytes and ionic liquids.
Our objective in this Special Issue of Lubricants is to provide a platform for you to publish your most recent advances in designing and understanding state-of-the-art polymeric, colloidal and electrolyte-based friction-mediating materials and technologies. We welcome contributions on experimental, theoretical and computer simulation aspects of controlling friction and wear in such materials. We hope that this Special Issue will form a collection of multifaceted articles showcasing the advances in the field of lubricating soft materials. We look forward to reading your notable contributions to this field.
Dr. Vahid Adibnia
Dr. Tianyi Han
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Lubricants is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- friction
- coating
- materials
- biomaterials
- polymers
- nanomaterials
- electrolytes
- interface science
- lubricants
- biolubrication
- joints
- cartilage
- osteoarthritis
- hydration
- wear protection
- drag reduction
- sustainability
- tribology
