Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Laboratorio de Propiedades Termofísicas y Tribológicas, Grupo Nafomat, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultad de Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: nanolubricants; nanoparticles; lubrication; additives; friction; wear; nanofluids; ionic liquids; tribology; transport properties; high pressures
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Interests: nanolubricants; nanoparticles; lubrication; additives; friction; wear; nanofluids; ionic liquids; tribology; transport properties; high pressures
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Center for Advanced Friction Studies, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes Engineering A108, Mailcode 4343, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1230 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Interests: carbon fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite materials; anocrystalline composites for biomedical applications; henolic matrix composite materials for frictional applications; advanced tooling materials with intermetallic matrices; characterization of materials
Interests: carbon fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite materials; anocrystalline composites for biomedical applications; henolic matrix composite materials for frictional applications; advanced tooling materials with intermetallic matrices; characterization of materials
Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7, Canada
Interests: hard Physical Vapor Deposited (PVD) coatings; surface science and engineering; thin films and interfaces; adaptive and self-lubricating coatings; self-organization during friction; tribology of cutting
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Interests: hard Physical Vapor Deposited (PVD) coatings; surface science and engineering; thin films and interfaces; adaptive and self-lubricating coatings; self-organization during friction; tribology of cutting
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Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Laboratory of Tribology and Dynamics of Systems, 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134 Ecully, France
Interests: tribology; damage phenomena; wear mechanisms; fretting; surface engineering; coatings
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Interests: tribology; damage phenomena; wear mechanisms; fretting; surface engineering; coatings
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Institute for Engineering Design and Logistics Engineering, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), 1040 Vienna, Austria
Interests: wear characterization; surface texturing; 2D materials; solid lubrication; tribochemistry; computational materials tribology
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Interests: wear characterization; surface texturing; 2D materials; solid lubrication; tribochemistry; computational materials tribology
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Head of Department of Engineering and Design, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Interests: lubrication; mechanical transmissions; rheology; solid-body mechanics; tribology
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Interests: lubrication; mechanical transmissions; rheology; solid-body mechanics; tribology
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Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IPMech RAS, 119526 Moscow, Russia
Interests: contact mechanics; models of friction and wear; discrete contact mechanics; lubricated contact; friction and wear of inhomogeneous bodies; effect of adhesion in contact interaction
Interests: contact mechanics; models of friction and wear; discrete contact mechanics; lubricated contact; friction and wear of inhomogeneous bodies; effect of adhesion in contact interaction
State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: mehcanical dynamics; tribology; contact mechanics; rotor-bearing; nanomaterials mechanical properties; CMP; AFM technology
Interests: mehcanical dynamics; tribology; contact mechanics; rotor-bearing; nanomaterials mechanical properties; CMP; AFM technology
School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China
Interests: elastohydrodynamic lubrication; liquid film lubrication; lubricating greases
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Interests: elastohydrodynamic lubrication; liquid film lubrication; lubricating greases
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VTT Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI-02044 VTT Espoo, Finland
Interests: friction reduction practice; abrasive wear; transition of wear modes/wear maps; others (surface damage); DLC; composite materials; surface treatments/coatings
Interests: friction reduction practice; abrasive wear; transition of wear modes/wear maps; others (surface damage); DLC; composite materials; surface treatments/coatings
Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Formosa University, Yunlin 63201, Taiwan
Interests: tribology in industrial application; lubrication failure diagnosis and monitoring; precision machine system analysis; micro-contact mechanics; green lubricant
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Interests: tribology in industrial application; lubrication failure diagnosis and monitoring; precision machine system analysis; micro-contact mechanics; green lubricant
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Howell-Smith
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Capricorn Automotive, Wade Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Interests: automotive tribology; in-cylinder powertrain optimisation; super-finishing and texturing of surfaces; thermostructural fatigue; load aligning bearings
Interests: automotive tribology; in-cylinder powertrain optimisation; super-finishing and texturing of surfaces; thermostructural fatigue; load aligning bearings
Institute of Tribology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Interests: tribochemistry; tribology environmental design; boundary lubrication; special lubricants
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Interests: tribochemistry; tribology environmental design; boundary lubrication; special lubricants
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St John's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TP, UK
Interests: erosive wear; abrasive wear; tribology of artificial joints; history of tribology
Interests: erosive wear; abrasive wear; tribology of artificial joints; history of tribology
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
Interests: contact mechanics; modeling; nanoparticle additives; surface fatigue; surface engineering; friction
Interests: contact mechanics; modeling; nanoparticle additives; surface fatigue; surface engineering; friction
Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Interests: lubrication and friction; nanotechnology; sustainable technology; data storage systems; computational; methods; polymer and suspension; rheology; equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; interfacial dynamics; nanocomposites; fuel cells; turbulent; drag reduction; graphene & semiconductors and display technology
Interests: lubrication and friction; nanotechnology; sustainable technology; data storage systems; computational; methods; polymer and suspension; rheology; equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; interfacial dynamics; nanocomposites; fuel cells; turbulent; drag reduction; graphene & semiconductors and display technology
1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Interests: biotribology; artificial joints; finite element modelling
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2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Interests: biotribology; artificial joints; finite element modelling
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Laboratory for Tribology and Interface Nanotechnology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Bogisiceva ul. 8, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: boundary lubrication; coatings; ceramics; polymers; nanoparticles; nanotribology; tribological interfaces; tribological design
Interests: boundary lubrication; coatings; ceramics; polymers; nanoparticles; nanotribology; tribological interfaces; tribological design
Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Interests: chemistry and spectroscopy of transient molecules containing double and triple pi bonds at group 14 elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn); carbenes; small strained metallacycles; fullerenes; high pressure/high temperature synthesis; degradation chemistry of materials; hydrogen storage materials; design of integrated polymer composites, organic-inorganic hybrids and coatings, lubricants, surface chemistry, organic and inorganic materials synthesis; engineering and nanotechnology
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Interests: chemistry and spectroscopy of transient molecules containing double and triple pi bonds at group 14 elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn); carbenes; small strained metallacycles; fullerenes; high pressure/high temperature synthesis; degradation chemistry of materials; hydrogen storage materials; design of integrated polymer composites, organic-inorganic hybrids and coatings, lubricants, surface chemistry, organic and inorganic materials synthesis; engineering and nanotechnology
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2508 Patrick Taylor Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Interests: tribology; fatigue analysis; heat transfer
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Interests: tribology; fatigue analysis; heat transfer
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School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Interests: low friction and wear coatings; nanotribology; functional coatings
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Interests: low friction and wear coatings; nanotribology; functional coatings
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Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: tribology; surface science and engineering; glass surfaces; plant cell walls; cellulosic nanomaterials
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Interests: tribology; surface science and engineering; glass surfaces; plant cell walls; cellulosic nanomaterials
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Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Interests: nanotribology; surface science; MEMS
Interests: nanotribology; surface science; MEMS
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Group, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., 02044 VTT Espoo, Finland
Interests: ICME; micromechanics; crystal plasticity; finite element methods; multiscale modeling
Interests: ICME; micromechanics; crystal plasticity; finite element methods; multiscale modeling
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
Interests: railway wheel/rail contact tribology; human-related tribology
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Interests: railway wheel/rail contact tribology; human-related tribology
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State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment (SKLT), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: superlubricity; nanotribology; surface and interface science; solid-liquid nanogenerator
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Interests: superlubricity; nanotribology; surface and interface science; solid-liquid nanogenerator
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Laboratory of Advanced Lubricating Materials, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
Interests: organic synthesis; lubricating additive; lube oil; grease; nanomaterials; tribological test; tribochemistry; surface and interface chemistry; tribological mechanism; surface characterization; molecular simulation; biomaterials
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Interests: organic synthesis; lubricating additive; lube oil; grease; nanomaterials; tribological test; tribochemistry; surface and interface chemistry; tribological mechanism; surface characterization; molecular simulation; biomaterials
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Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3123, USA
Interests: surface properties-behavior relations; (nano) tribology; tribochemistry; bio-nanointerface; biomaterials; nanomanufacturing; CMP
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Interests: surface properties-behavior relations; (nano) tribology; tribochemistry; bio-nanointerface; biomaterials; nanomanufacturing; CMP
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Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
Interests: wear and friction properties; wear mechanisms; transmission electron microscopy; residual stress measurement; PVD hard coatings; solid lubricant coatings; plasma nitriding; wear resistant steels; failure inveatigation
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Interests: wear and friction properties; wear mechanisms; transmission electron microscopy; residual stress measurement; PVD hard coatings; solid lubricant coatings; plasma nitriding; wear resistant steels; failure inveatigation
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Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), R. Imaculada Conceicao, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Interests: traditional machining and non-traditional machining; difficult-to-machine materials; machining fluids and tribology; cutting tool engineering; aerospace materials
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Interests: traditional machining and non-traditional machining; difficult-to-machine materials; machining fluids and tribology; cutting tool engineering; aerospace materials
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