Macroscopic tribological testing of alkanethiol Self-assembled Monolayers (SAMs): Pin-on-disk tribometry with elastomeric sliding contacts

Tribology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-239

  Lee, Seunghwan ^a   Heeb, Raphael ^a   Venkataraman, Nagaiyanallur V ^a   Spencer, Nicholas D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boundary lubrication; Elastomer; Pin on disk tribometry; Self assembled monolayers (SAMs); Soft elastohydrodynamic lubrication (soft EHL)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LUBRICATION; PIN ON DISK TRIBOMETRY; SLIDING CONTACTS; SOFT ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

ELASTOMERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; STRESSES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

TRIBOLOGY;

ELASTOMERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; STRESSES; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

EID: 35548937424     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9266-1     Document Type: Article

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