Friction and wear pose enormous challenges to 21st Century mechanical and electromechanical systems. By one estimate, 6% of the gross national product is wasted through its impact. Tribology is the ...

Market valued at $6.43B in 2024, projected 5.10% CAGR growth driven by synthetic formulations, bio-based adoption, and ...

The study of friction and lubrication mechanisms at the nanoscale has increasingly focussed on graphene and its related two-dimensional materials, owing to their remarkable mechanical and tribological ...

In "Friction," tribologist Jennifer Vail shows how the fundamental force that resists motion keeps driving us forward.

Machine parts wear, if there is friction between their metal surfaces. Lubricants and functional oils help prevent this. They attract dirt, debris and dust, and over time form lumps or become resinous ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have created a new type of non-liquid lubricant that has been shown to reduce friction and wear significantly under the extreme conditions found in various ...

The friction modifiers market encompasses additives used to reduce friction and wear in mechanical systems, improving efficiency and extending component life. These are widely used in automotive, ...

Friction plays a central role in diverse systems and phenomena that at first sight may seem unrelated, but which on closer scrutiny are found to display common features that are shared by all ...

Of course, the study of friction is nothing new; and to explain the 20th-century crisis, and to understand where tribology may yet take us, we must first understand how we got here. So begins Vail’s ...