The influence of anchoring-group structure on the lubricating properties of brush-forming Graft copolymers in an aqueous medium

Tribology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-128

  Hartung, Whitney ^a   Drobek, Tanja ^a   Lee, Seunghwan ^a   Zürcher, Stefan ^a   Spencer, Nicholas D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anchoring groups; Aqueous lubrication; Boundary lubrication; Poly(allylamine) g poly(ethylene glycol) (PAAm g PEG); Poly(L lysine) g poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL g PEG); Polymer architecture; Polymer brush

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION TESTING; ANCHORING GROUPS; AQUEOUS LUBRICATION; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BOUNDARY LUBRICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; FRICTION FORCES; FRICTIONAL FORCES; GRAFT CO-POLYMER; GROUP STRUCTURE; LUBRICANT SYSTEMS; LUBRICATING BEHAVIOR; LUBRICATING EFFECTS; LUBRICATING PROPERTIES; OXIDE SURFACES; POLY ALLYL AMINE; POLY(ALLYLAMINE)-G-POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) (PAAM-G-PEG); POLY(L-LYSINE)-G- POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) (PLL-G-PEG); POLY-L-LYSINE; POLYMER ADSORPTION; POLYMER ARCHITECTURE; POLYMER BRUSH; ROLLING CONDITIONS; SURFACE FORCES APPARATUS; TRIBOMETRY;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; BRUSHES; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FRICTION; GLYCOLS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS; TESTING; WEAR RESISTANCE;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 49149087004     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-008-9344-z     Document Type: Article

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