Emerging superlubricity: A review of the state of the art and perspectives on future research

Approaches for Achieving Superlubricity in Two-Dimensional Materials

(2018) Diana Berman et al.   ACS Nano

Onion-like carbon films endow macro-scale superlubricity

(2018) Zhenbin Gong et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Mechanochemical Association Reaction of Interfacial Molecules Driven by Shear

(2018) Arash Khajeh et al.   LANGMUIR

Structural superlubricity in graphite flakes assembled under ambient conditions

(2018) He Deng et al.   Nanoscale

Electrostatically Tunable Adhesion in a High Speed Sliding Interface

(2018) Sukumar Rajauria et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Superlubricity: Friction’s vanishing act

(2018) Jean Michel Martin et al.   PHYSICS TODAY

Frictional lubricity enhanced by quantum mechanics

(2018) Tommaso Zanca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Operando tribochemical formation of onion-like-carbon leads to macroscale superlubricity

(2018) Diana Berman et al.   Nature Communications

Experimental Observation of the Aubry Transition in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Monolayers

(2018) T. Brazda et al.   Physical Review X

Superlubricity of Graphite Induced by Multiple Transferred Graphene Nanoflakes

(2018) Jinjin Li et al.   Advanced Science

Robust microscale superlubricity in graphite/hexagonal boron nitride layered heterojunctions

(2018) Yiming Song et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Multislip Friction with a Single Ion

(2017) Ian Counts et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Probing nanofriction and Aubry-type signatures in a finite self-organized system

(2017) J. Kiethe et al.   Nature Communications

Robust microscale superlubricity under high contact pressure enabled by graphene-coated microsphere

(2017) Shu-Wei Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Sliding friction of graphene/hexagonal –boron nitride heterojunctions: a route to robust superlubricity

(2017) D. Mandelli et al.   Scientific Reports

Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions

(2017) Kenneth Holmberg et al.   Friction

Lifted graphene nanoribbons on gold: from smooth sliding to multiple stick-slip regimes

(2017) L. Gigli et al.   Nanoscale

Superlubricity in Gemini Hydrogels

(2016) Angela A. Pitenis et al.   JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Observation of Aubry-type transition in finite atom chains via friction

(2016) Alexei Bylinskii et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Superlubricity of graphene nanoribbons on gold surfaces

(2016) S. Kawai et al.   SCIENCE

Ionic Liquid Lubricants: Basics and Applications

(2016) Huaping Xiao   TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS

Structural lubricity under ambient conditions

(2016) Ebru Cihan et al.   Nature Communications

Green superlubricity of Nitinol 60 alloy against steel in presence of castor oil

(2016) Qunfeng Zeng et al.   Scientific Reports

Controlled Suppression of Wear on the Nanoscale by Ultrasonic Vibrations

(2015) Patricia Pedraz et al.   ACS Nano

Static friction scaling of physisorbed islands: the key is in the edge

(2015) Nicola Varini et al.   Nanoscale

Oscillatory motion in layered materials: graphene, boron nitride, and molybdenum disulfide

(2015) Zhijiang Ye et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Velocity tuning of friction with two trapped atoms

(2015) Dorian Gangloff et al.   Nature Physics

Critical Length Limiting Superlow Friction

(2015) Ming Ma et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dynamics of Atomic Stick-Slip Friction Examined with Atomic Force Microscopy and Atomistic Simulations at Overlapping Speeds

(2015) Xin-Z. Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Tuning friction atom-by-atom in an ion-crystal simulator

(2015) A. Bylinskii et al.   SCIENCE

Macroscale superlubricity enabled by graphene nanoscroll formation

(2015) D. Berman et al.   SCIENCE

Adhesion and friction in mesoscopic graphite contacts

(2015) E. Koren et al.   SCIENCE

On the Commonality Between Theoretical Models for Fluid and Solid Friction, Wear and Tribochemistry

(2015) Hugh Spikes et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Origins of hydration lubrication

(2015) Liran Ma et al.   Nature Communications

The breakdown of superlubricity by driving-induced commensurate dislocations

(2015) A. Benassi et al.   Scientific Reports

Ultralow Friction with Hydrophilic Polymer Brushes in Water as Segregated from Silicone Matrix

(2015) Troels Røn et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Electrotunable Lubricity with Ionic Liquid Nanoscale Films

(2015) O. Y. Fajardo et al.   Scientific Reports

Lateral vibration effects in atomic-scale friction

(2014) R. Roth et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

An ionic liquid lubricant enables superlubricity to be “switched on” in situ using an electrical potential

(2014) Hua Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The role of roughness-induced damping in the oscillatory motion of bilayer graphene

(2014) Zhijiang Ye et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Superlubric to stick-slip sliding of incommensurate graphene flakes on graphite

(2014) M. M. van Wijk et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Out-of-plane and in-plane actuation effects on atomic-scale friction

(2014) O. Y. Fajardo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Polymer fluctuation lubrication in hydrogel gemini interfaces

(2014) A. A. Pitenis et al.   Soft Matter

Effect of pH on the liquid superlubricity between Si3N4 and glass achieved with phosphoric acid

(2014) Jinjin Li et al.   RSC Advances

Nanotribological studies using nanoparticle manipulation: Principles and application to structural lubricity

(2014) Dirk Dietzel et al.   Friction

Superlubricity on the nanometer scale

(2014) Ernst Meyer et al.   Friction

Experimental advances in superlubricity

(2014) Quanshui Zheng et al.   Friction

Superlubric Sliding of Graphene Nanoflakes on Graphene

(2013) Xiaofeng Feng et al.   ACS Nano

Superlubricity Achieved with Mixtures of Polyhydroxy Alcohols and Acids

(2013) Jinjin Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Superlubricity in centimetres-long double-walled carbon nanotubes under ambient conditions

(2013) Rufan Zhang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Developing nanoscale inertial sensor based on graphite-flake with self-retracting motion

(2013) Sun Young Kim et al.   PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES

Nonvolatile graphene nanoflake shuttle memory

(2013) Ho Jung Hwang et al.   PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES

Ionic liquid lubrication: influence of ion structure, surface potential and sliding velocity

(2013) Hua Li et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Stick-slip nanofriction in trapped cold ion chains

(2013) D. Mandelli et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Nonuniform friction-area dependency for antimony oxide surfaces sliding on graphite

(2013) Claudia Ritter et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Scaling Laws of Structural Lubricity

(2013) Dirk Dietzel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Forces During the Controlled Displacement of Organic Molecules

(2013) G. Langewisch et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Observation of High-Speed Microscale Superlubricity in Graphite

(2013) Jiarui Yang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Advancements in superlubricity

(2013) JinJin Li et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Influence of Load and Sliding Speed on Super-Low Friction of Nitinol 60 Alloy under Castor Oil Lubrication

(2013) Qunfeng Zeng et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Hydration lubrication

(2013) Jacob Klein   Friction

Thermal activation in atomic friction: revisiting the theoretical analysis

(2012) Y Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Superlubricity Achieved with Mixtures of Acids and Glycerol

(2012) Jinjin Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Tribochemistry and Superlubricity Induced by Hydrogen Ions

(2012) Jinjin Li et al.   LANGMUIR

(In)commensurability, scaling, and multiplicity of friction in nanocrystals and application to gold nanocrystals on graphite

(2012) A. S. de Wijn   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Analytical expressions for the kinetic friction in the Prandtl-Tomlinson model

(2012) Enrico Gnecco et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Observation of Microscale Superlubricity in Graphite

(2012) Ze Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A low-viscosity ionic liquid demonstrating superior lubricating performance from mixed to boundary lubrication

(2012) Gregory Mordukhovich et al.   WEAR

Superlubricity Behavior with Phosphoric Acid–Water Network Induced by Rubbing

(2011) Jinjin Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Lubrication Mechanism of Concentrated Polymer Brushes in Solvents: Effect of Solvent Quality and Thereby Swelling State

(2011) Akihiro Nomura et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Friction, slip and structural inhomogeneity of the buried interface

(2011) Y Dong et al.   MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

A graphite nanoeraser

(2011) Ze Liu et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Trapped ions in optical lattices for probing oscillator chain models

(2011) Thaned Pruttivarasin et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Unexpected temperature and velocity dependencies of atomic-scale stick-slip friction

(2011) I. Barel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Analytical Models for Atomic Friction

(2011) Yalin Dong et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Nanofriction in cold ion traps

(2011) A. Benassi et al.   Nature Communications

Frictional duality of metallic nanoparticles: Influence of particle morphology, orientation, and air exposure

(2010) Dirk Dietzel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Rate theory description of atomic stick-slip friction

(2010) Danny Perez et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Stability of superlubric sliding on graphite

(2010) Astrid S. de Wijn et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Temperature Dependence of Atomic-Scale Stick-Slip Friction

(2010) Lars Jansen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Multibond Dynamics of Nanoscale Friction: The Role of Temperature

(2010) Itay Barel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dynamic superlubricity and the elimination of wear on the nanoscale

(2009) Mark A. Lantz et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Layering and shear properties of an ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate, confined to nano-films between mica surfaces

(2009) Susan Perkin et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Atomic-scale simulations on the sliding of incommensurate surfaces: The breakdown of superlubricity

(2009) Woo Kyun Kim et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Control mechanism of friction by dynamic actuation of nanometer-sized contacts

(2009) Hiroyuki Iizuka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Two-dimensional simulation of superlubricity on NaCl and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite

(2009) Pascal Steiner et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Transition from Thermal to Athermal Friction under Cryogenic Conditions

(2009) Xueying Zhao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Lubrication at Physiological Pressures by Polyzwitterionic Brushes

(2009) M. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

The crucial role of temperature in atomic scale friction

(2008) Sergey Yu Krylov et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Superlubricity of dry nanocontacts

(2008) Enrico Gnecco et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Normal and Frictional Forces between Surfaces Bearing Polyelectrolyte Brushes

(2008) Uri Raviv et al.   LANGMUIR

Dynamic superlubricity on insulating and conductive surfaces in ultra-high vacuum and ambient environment

(2008) E Gnecco et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Size effects in friction of multiatomic sliding contacts

(2008) Masanori Igarashi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Thermolubricity in atomic-scale friction

(2008) K. B. Jinesh et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Superlubricity and tribochemistry of polyhydric alcohols

(2008) C. Matta et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Self-Retracting Motion of Graphite Microflakes

(2008) Quanshui Zheng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Torque and Twist against Superlubricity

(2008) Alexander E. Filippov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Frictional Duality Observed during Nanoparticle Sliding

(2008) Dirk Dietzel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The Force Needed to Move an Atom on a Surface

(2008) M. Ternes et al.   SCIENCE

Nanotribology of Surface-Grafted PEG Layers in an Aqueous Environment†

(2007) Tanja Drobek et al.   LANGMUIR