Xinchun Chen

TL;DR: Structural analysis of the carbonaceous sliding interfaces at the atomic scale in two superlubricious solid lubricants are presented by probing the contact area using state-of-the-art scanning electron transmission microscopy and electron energy-loss spectroscopy to suggest that the occurrence of a superl lubrication state is generally dependent on the formation of interfacial nanostructures, mainly a tribolayer, by different carbon rehybridization pathways.

TL;DR: In this article, stable micro-craters and nano-terraces on AA5052 sheet with enhanced water repellence and durable corrosion resistance are fabricated via low-cost subtractive manufacturing (SM) strategy.

TL;DR: An overview of the state-of-the-art of nanostructured carbon-based superlubricity can be found in this paper, with a specific emphasis on unusual properties and new phenomena in representative carbon materials including layer carbon structure, diamond-like carbon, onion-like/fullerene-like carbons, ultra-nanocrystalline diamond and carbon nanotubes.

TL;DR: A novel lubricating system where graphene sliding against graphene is developed to achieve low friction in macroscale contact and the large area graphene film used here were prepared by a unique self-assembly technique based on Marangoni effect.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper used particle reinforcement to resist wear in Ti3SiC2 ceramic composite and showed great potentials in developing engineering applications of ceramics, especially in high-temperature, oxidizing, frictional and corrosive environments.