Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 14, Issue 8, Pages 2888-2908Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14082888
Keywords
ionic liquids; surface interactions; tribochemistry; additives; nanotechnology
Funding
- Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (MICINN)
- European FEDER program [MAT2008-01670]
- Fundacion Seneca Program of Scientific Knowledge of Excellence [08596/PI/08]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are finding technological applications as chemical reaction media and engineering fluids. Some emerging fields are those of lubrication, surface engineering and nanotechnology. ILs are thermally stable, non-flammable highly polar fluids with negligible volatility, these characteristics make them ideal candidates for new lubricants under severe conditions, were conventional oils and greases or solid lubricants fail. Such conditions include ultra-high vacuum and extreme temperatures. Other very promising areas which depend on the interaction between IL molecules and material surfaces are the use of ILs in the lubrication of microelectromechanic and nanoelectromechanic systems (MEMS and NEMS), the friction and wear reduction of reactive light alloys and the modification of nanophases.
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