Achieving Ultralow Wear with Stable Nanocrystalline Metals

Shear-induced softening of nanocrystalline metal interfaces at cryogenic temperatures

(2018) Michael Chandross et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Sequence of Stages in the Microstructure Evolution in Copper under Mild Reciprocating Tribological Loading

(2016) Christian Greiner et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermal Stability Comparison of Nanocrystalline Fe-Based Binary Alloy Pairs

(2016) B. G. Clark et al.   JOM

Linking microstructural evolution and macro-scale friction behavior in metals

(2016) N. Argibay et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Ultralow wear fluoropolymer composites: Nanoscale functionality from microscale fillers

(2016) Brandon A. Krick et al.   TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Lowering coefficient of friction in Cu alloys with stable gradient nanostructures

(2016) X. Chen et al.   Science Advances

Paleo-tribology: development of wear measurement techniques and a three-dimensional model revealing how grinding dentitions self-wear to enable functionality

(2016) Gregory M Erickson et al.   Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties

On the thermal stability of physical vapor deposited oxide-hardened nanocrystalline gold thin films

(2015) N. Argibay et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Macroscale superlubricity enabled by graphene nanoscroll formation

(2015) D. Berman et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanistic Studies in Friction and Wear of Bulk Materials

(2014) W. Gregory Sawyer et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Atomic-scale Chemical Imaging and Quantification of Metallic Alloy Structures by Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy

(2014) Ping Lu et al.   Scientific Reports

Stability of binary nanocrystalline alloys against grain growth and phase separation

(2013) Heather A. Murdoch et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Estimation of grain boundary segregation enthalpy and its role in stable nanocrystalline alloy design

(2013) Heather A. Murdoch et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Few layer graphene to reduce wear and friction on sliding steel surfaces

(2012) Diana Berman et al.   CARBON

Solid lubricants: a review

(2012) T. W. Scharf et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Retaining the Nano in Nanocrystalline Alloys

(2012) J. R. Weertman   SCIENCE

Design of Stable Nanocrystalline Alloys

(2012) T. Chookajorn et al.   SCIENCE

Frictional performance and near-surface evolution of nanocrystalline Ni–Fe as governed by contact stress and sliding velocity

(2012) Henry A. Padilla et al.   WEAR

Anomalous Fatigue Behavior and Fatigue-Induced Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Nickel Alloys

(2011) Brad L. Boyce et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Uncertainty in Pin-on-Disk Wear Volume Measurements Using Surface Scanning Techniques

(2011) R. S. Colbert et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Low wear metal sliding electrical contacts at high current density

(2011) Nicolas Argibay et al.   WEAR

Friction and wear mechanisms in MoS2/Sb2O3/Au nanocomposite coatings

(2010) T.W. Scharf et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Sliding wear of nanocrystalline Ni–W: Structural evolution and the apparent breakdown of Archard scaling

(2010) Timothy J. Rupert et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Ultralow nanoscale wear through atom-by-atom attrition in silicon-containing diamond-like carbon

(2010) Harish Bhaskaran et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Friction transitions in nanocrystalline nickel

(2010) S.V. Prasad et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Copper–beryllium metal fiber brushes in high current density sliding electrical contacts

(2010) Nicolas Argibay et al.   WEAR

Nanomechanics of Hall–Petch relationship in nanocrystalline materials

(2009) C.S. Pande et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

High current density copper-on-copper sliding electrical contacts at low sliding velocities

(2009) J.A. Bares et al.   WEAR

Testing and Evaluation of Metal Fiber Brush Operation on Slip Rings and Commutators

(2008) L. Brown et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES

Stabilization of nanocrystalline grain sizes by solute additions

(2008) C. C. Koch et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

A Possible Link Between Macroscopic Wear and Temperature Dependent Friction Behaviors of MoS2 Coatings

(2008) Matthew A. Hamilton et al.   TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Grain-size stabilization by impurities and effect on stress-coupled grain growth in nanocrystalline Al thin films

(2007) D.S. Gianola et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING