A route to wear resistant PTFE via trace loadings of functionalized nanofillers

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 653-660

  Burris, D L ^a   Zhao, S ^b   Duncan, R ^b   Lowitz, J ^c   Perry, S S ^c   Schadler, L S ^b   Sawyer, W G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Interface; Nanocomposite; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Solid lubrication; Space

Indexed keywords

AFM; ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; DRY SLIDING WEAR TEST; FLUOROSILANE; FUNCTIONALIZED; INTERFACE; NANO-FILLERS; NANOPARTICLE LOADINGS; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE; PHASE PARTICLES; SOLID LUBRICATION; SPACE; SURFACE ENERGIES; TEM; TRACE LOADING; WEAR RESISTANT;

ABLATIVE MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; LOADING; LUBRICATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 65749096711     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.12.116     Document Type: Article

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