Journal
TRIBOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 60, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-015-0589-z
Keywords
Friction; Lubricant additives; OFM; Molybdenum additives; Functionalised polymers; Nanoparticles; Boundary lubrication
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- EPSRC [EP/G026114/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G026114/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The need for energy efficiency is leading to the growing use of additives that reduce friction in thin film boundary and mixed lubrication conditions. Several classes of such friction modifier additive exist, the main ones being organic friction modifiers, functionalised polymers, soluble organo-molybdenum additives and dispersed nanoparticles. All work in different ways. This paper reviews these four main types of lubricant friction modifier additive and outlines their history, research and the mechanisms by which they are currently believed to function. Aspects of their behaviour that are still not yet fully understood are highlighted.
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