Chemistry Professor Marina Ruths, right, was recognized by the American Chemical Society for her research and her service to ...

Tribology is the study of interacting surfaces in motion and the measurement of properties such as friction, wear and abrasion. When designing nanoscale devices the consideration of tribology is ...

Dr Don Cohen of Michigan Metrology/Bruker talks about how his experience in the world of friction and wear has seen him strive to make better and longer-lasting products in the automobile and medical ...

Adhesive wear refers to the material removal that occurs when two contacting surfaces adhere at their microscopic asperities, resulting in the generation of wear debris. This phenomenon is a central ...

The phenomenon of friction, when studied on a nanoscale, is more complex than previously thought. When friction occurs, an object does not simply slide its surface over that of another, it also makes ...

Friction, the resistance to sliding motion between two solid surfaces, is a fact of common experience. We could not walk or propel a car without it, yet it is a source of wasted energy and leads to ...

Black leaf layers are formed when leaves of different species are squashed by train wheels trains during rolling and/or sliding passes. Under certain environmental conditions, such as low surface ...

In the automotive sector, test standards are an important factor where clutches, brakes, tires, engines, seatbelts, etc. are checked for their material properties to comply with a number of standards ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An engineer at Ohio State University recently demonstrated the world's first method for directly measuring friction between tiny microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) parts. Using an ...

Professor Roger Lewis became a lecturer in the Department in 2002 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006, before becoming a Reader in 2011 and then being awarded a personal chair in 2013. He ...