Lubrication with oil-compatible polymer brushes

Tribology Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 477-487

  Bielecki, Robert M ^a   Benetti, Edmondo M ^a   Kumar, Deepak ^a   Spencer, Nicholas D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ATRP; Oil lubrication; Polymer brush; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CONTACT PRESSURES; FRICTION AND WEAR REDUCTIONS; FRICTIONAL RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; LUBRICATING FLUIDS; LUBRICATION PROPERTY; NANONEWTON SCALE; NON-AQUEOUS; OIL LUBRICATION; POLYMER BRUSHES; POLYMERIZATION KINETICS; SURFACE-INITIATED; SURFACE-MODIFICATION;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRUSHES; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE TREATMENT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84861230094     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-011-9903-6     Document Type: Article

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