Friction and Wear Properties of Composite Coatings in Air and Water

Dear Colleagues,

Lubricant oil has been widely used in various driving systems, but its source, petroleum, is non-renewable. Moreover, the leakage and burning of lubricating oil undoubtedly pollute the natural environment and pose a potential hazard to human health. Thus, developing environmentally friendly tribology in air and water has become a priority. However, its successful application is subject to two major disadvantages: poor lubrication and strong oxidation. Therefore, developing novel coating materials with good tribological properties in air and water is paramount.

The Special Issue entitled "Tribological Properties of Composite Coatings in Air and Water" aims to present recent research on composite coatings' friction and wear properties with improved lubricating properties in air and water-based environments. The composite coatings could be organic, inorganic, monolayer, or multilayer deposited by various methods. Some of its focal points include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The self-lubricating composite coatings in air;
• Heat- or chemistry-driven lubricating of composite coatings in air;
• Surface-lubricant interface phenomena and interactions: wetting, adhesion, adsorption, and tribochemistry;
• Tribo-chemical lubricating mechanism of composite coatings in water;
• Novel water-based lubricants for composite coatings;
• Boundary or mixture lubrication of composite coatings in water;
• Modelling of lubrication mechanisms of composite coatings in air and water;
• The applications of composite coatings in air and water.

Dr. Qianzhi Wang
Prof. Dr. Fei Zhou
Guest Editors

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• lubrication
• anti-friction
• wear-resistant
• composite coatings
• tribochemistry
• water-based lubricants