A resin nanocomposite embedded by encapsulated nanoparticles with exceptional mechanical and lubrication properties is reported. The functional encapsulated nanoparticles, synthesized by miniemulsion co-polymerization of methyl methacrylate with n-butyl acrylate, styrene and glycidyl methacrylate, had tunable glass transition temperatures and surfa...
Using molecular dynamics simulations, we study the impact of electrode charging and addition of solvent (acetonitrile, ACN) on structural forces of the BMIM PF6 ionic liquid (IL) confined by surfaces at nanometer separations. We establish relationships between the structural forces and the microscopic structure of the confined liquid. Depending on ...
The results of studies of the properties of composite materials that are obtained on the basis of low-pressure polyethylene and wheat husk with additives of quartz flour, adhesion promoter, and lubricants are given. The influence of the prescription composition of composite materials on the physicomechanical properties of products is determined. Re...
The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been used to study how the interfacial layer of an ionic liquid dissolved in a polar oil at low weight percentages responds to changes in applied potential. The changes in surface composition at the QCM gold surface depend on both the magnitude and sign of the applied potential. The time-resolved response i...
Using molecular dynamics simulations and a coarse-grained model of ionic liquids (ILs), we study mechanisms of electrotunable friction measured in friction force microscopy experiments, where only one layer of IL is present between the tip and the electrode (substrate). We show that the variation of the friction force with the electrode surface cha...
Published in Tribology Letters
The ultrashear viscometer (USV) has been adapted and employed to investigate the permanent shear thinning of polystyrene solutions in a series of phthalate ester base fluids. The permanent shear stability index based on viscosities measured at 106 s−1, PSSI(106), has been found to be a convenient way to express the magnitude of permanent shear thin...
In lubrication studies, film thickness is measured since 1963 using optical interferometry, but pressure distribution is also of great interest. Unfortunately, this parameter is very difficult to measure. This paper presents a new method for pressure evaluation based on an inverse elastic approach. This latter uses the film thickness field known pr...
The fabrication of ordered arrays of oriented and bent carbon nanotube on a patterned silicon surface with a micron scale spacing extending over millimeter size surface areas, was presented. A combination of multistep purification and oxidation procedures were used to generate bundles containing 3-20 nanotubes of high purity. The patterned surface ...
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