A review of ionic liquid lubricants

Lubricants

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-21

  Somers, Anthony E ^a   Howlett, Patrick C ^a   MacFarlane, Douglas R ^b   Forsyth, Maria ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ionic liquids; Lubricant; Lubricants additives; Miscibility; Surface characterization; Surface interactions; Wear results

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980359416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/lubricants1010003     Document Type: Review

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