Electrotunable friction with ionic liquid lubricants
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Bresme, Fernando
Kornyshev, Alexei A
Perkin, Susan
Urbakh, Michael
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Room-temperature ionic liquids and their mixtures with organic solvents as lubricants open a route to control lubricity at the nanoscale via electrical polarization of the sliding surfaces. Electronanotribology is an emerging field that has a potential to realize in situ control of friction—that is, turning the friction on and off on demand. However, fulfilling its promise needs more research. Here we provide an overview of this emerging research area, from its birth to the current state, reviewing the main achievements in non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations and experiments using atomic force microscopes and surface force apparatus. We also present a discussion of the challenges that need to be solved for future applications of electrotunable friction.
Date Issued
2022-06-27
Date Acceptance
2022-05-02
Citation
Nature Materials, 2022, 21 (8), pp.848-858
ISSN
1476-1122
Publisher
Nature Research
Start Page
848
End Page
858
Journal / Book Title
Nature Materials
Volume
21
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2022 Springer-Verlag. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01273-7
Sponsor
The Leverhulme Trust
Identifier
https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000817073500002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
RPG-2016-223
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Physical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Chemistry
Materials Science
Physics
SURFACE FORCES
DOUBLE-LAYER
NANOSCALE
DYNAMICS
GRAPHENE
SUPERLUBRICITY
INTERFACES
LUBRICITY
MIXTURES
CATION
Publication Status
Published