Ionic liquids as lubricant additives: A review

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 3209-3222

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Qu, Jun ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction; Ionic liquids; Lubricant additives; Oil solubility; Tribofilm; Wear

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FRICTION; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; LUBRICATION; SOLUBILITY; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; LUBRICANT ADDITIVES; NON-POLAR HYDROCARBONS; OIL SOLUBILITIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; ROOM-TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALTS; TRIBOFILMS; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 85011660225     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12489     Document Type: Article

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