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Nanoscale Friction, Adhesion and Wear Characteristics of Surfaces and Interfaces of Micro/Nanostructures

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A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).

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Prof. Dr. Erjia Liu

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School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Interests: functional thin films/coatings; additive manufacturing; micro/nanotribology; corrosion

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Dear Colleagues,

Nanotribology, brought about by magnetic recording technology, studies surface and interface properties in micro/nanostructures used in information storage systems, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS). Such surface and interface properties are very important in a variety of modern applications, such as chemical sensors, biodetectors, advanced drug delivery systems, information recording devices, molecular sieves, systems on a chip, and nanocomposites reinforced by nanoparticles or carbonaceous nanospecies. A fundamental understanding of nanoscale friction, adhesion and wear characteristics in these applications is critical. Small mass, light load, elastic deformation, intermolecular/interatomic/interionic interactions, and slight wear or absence of wear are typical in nanotribology, which is primarily concerned with the surface and interface properties of micro/nanostructured materials and devices. Experimental study of nanotribology has been made possible by the advent of scanning probe microscopes (SPM), surface force apparatus (SFA), quartz microbalance and related techniques.

This Special Issue is devoted to the fundamental and applied research works on “Nanoscale Friction, Adhesion and Wear Characteristics of Surfaces and Interfaces of Micro/Nanostructures”. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Fundamental issues in friction, adhesion and wear at the nanoscale and atomic scale
Recent development of friction force microscopy, surface force apparatus, quartz microbalance and related techniques in nanotribology
Triboluminescence
Friction and adhesion properties of surfaces and interfaces based on 2D nanomaterials such as graphene, molybdenum disulfide, hexagonal boron nitride, and zirconium phosphate among others
Friction and wear phenomena in liquid environments
Capillary condensation
Development of new simulation methods for friction, adhesion and wear at the nanoscale and atomic scale
Multiscale friction modeling
Nanoscale tribocorrosion of surface engineered materials
Nanoscale biotribology of synthetic materials and natural tissues
Fundamental understanding of nanoscale friction, adhesion and wear properties of surfaces and interfaces in chemical sensors, biodetectors, drug delivery systems, information recording devices, molecular sieves, systems on a chip, nanocomposites, etc.

Dr. Erjia Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

Nanoscale
Friction
Adhesion
Wear
Micro/Nanostructure
Surface
Interface
Instrumentation

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Graded Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of Ti/N-Implanted M50 Steel with Polyenergy

by Jin Jie and Tianmin Shao

Materials 2017, 10(10), 1204; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma10101204 - 19 Oct 2017

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M50 bearing steels were alternately implanted with Ti⁺ and N⁺ ions using solid and gas ion sources of implantation system, respectively. N-implantation was carried out at an energy of about 80 keV and a fluence of 2 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm², and Ti-implantation at an energy of about 40–90 keV and a fluence of 2 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm². The microstructures of modification layers were analyzed by grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction, auger electron spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that the gradient structure was formed under the M50 bearing steel subsurface, along the ion implantation influence zone composed of amorphous, nanocrystalline, and gradient-refinement phases. A layer of precipitation compounds like TiN is formed. In addition, nano-indentation hardness and tribological properties of the gradient structure subsurface were examined using a nano-indenter and a friction and wear tester. The nano-indentation hardness of N + Ti-co-implanted sample is above 12 GPa, ~1.3 times than that of pristine samples. The friction coefficient is smaller than 0.2, which is 22.2% of that of pristine samples. The synergism between precipitation-phase strengthening and gradient microstructure is the main mechanism for improving the mechanical properties of M50 materials. Full article

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Tribochemical Characterization and Tribocorrosive Behavior of CoCrMo Alloys: A Review

by Wei Quan Toh, Xipeng Tan, Ayan Bhowmik, Erjia Liu and Shu Beng Tor

Materials 2018, 11(1), 30; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma11010030 - 26 Dec 2017

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Orthopedic implants first started out as an all-metal hip joint replacement. However, poor design and machinability as well as unsatisfactory surface finish subjected the all-metal joint replacement to being superseded by a polyethylene bearing. Continued improvement in manufacturing techniques together with the reality that polyethylene wear debris can cause hazardous reactions in the human body has brought about the revival of metal-on-metal (MOM) hip joints in recent years. This has also led to a relatively new research area that links tribology and corrosion together. This article aims at reviewing the commonly used tribochemical methods adopted in the analysis of tribocorrosion and putting forward some of the models and environmental factors affecting the tribocorrosive behavior of CoCrMo alloys, a widely-used class of biomaterial for orthopedic implants. Full article

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Scaling Effects on Materials Tribology: From Macro to Micro Scale

by Pantcho Stoyanov and Richard R. Chromik

Materials 2017, 10(5), 550; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma10050550 - 18 May 2017

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The tribological study of materials inherently involves the interaction of surface asperities at the micro to nanoscopic length scales. This is the case for large scale engineering applications with sliding contacts, where the real area of contact is made up of small contacting asperities that make up only a fraction of the apparent area of contact. This is why researchers have sought to create idealized experiments of single asperity contacts in the field of nanotribology. At the same time, small scale engineering structures known as micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) have been developed, where the apparent area of contact approaches the length scale of the asperities, meaning the real area of contact for these devices may be only a few asperities. This is essentially the field of microtribology, where the contact size and/or forces involved have pushed the nature of the interaction between two surfaces towards the regime where the scale of the interaction approaches that of the natural length scale of the features on the surface. This paper provides a review of microtribology with the purpose to understand how tribological processes are different at the smaller length scales compared to macrotribology. Studies of the interfacial phenomena at the macroscopic length scales (e.g., using in situ tribometry) will be discussed and correlated with new findings and methodologies at the micro-length scale. Full article

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