Lubricants from Biomass

Desorption Kinetics of Polyether Lubricants from Surfaces

Desorption or evaporation is one of the mechanisms for loss of perfluoropolyalkylether (PFPE) lubricants from the surfaces of data storage media. One approach to minimizing PFPE loss to desorption is the use of lubricants with increasing molecular weight or increasing average chain length. In order to understand the effects of chain length on the lubricant evaporation kinetics we have studied t...

High Performance 4-Cycle Lubricants from Canola

IDENTIFICATION OF A MARKET Developing a new market for an established international crop like canola (Brassica napus L., Brassica rapa L., Brassicaceae) requires significant care and study. Canola has been identified by several authors as a highly desirable food oil. Canola oils are relatively rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and with small percentages of both saturated and polyunsaturated f...

Correction for Balakrishnan et al., Novel pathways for fuels and lubricants from biomass optimized using life-cycle greenhouse gas assessment.

Decarbonizing the transportation sector is critical to achieving global climate change mitigation. Although biofuels will play an important role in conventional gasoline and diesel applications, bioderived solutions are particularly important in jet fuels and lubricants, for which no other viable renewable alternatives exist. Producing compounds for jet fuel and lubricant base oil applications ...

Lubrication and Lubricants

Layered solids: from lubricants to 2D electronic materials*

FIG.1. WSe2 field-effect transistor with conducting NbSe2 leads in side view. Atomic-model representation of the NbSe2/WSe2 interface (top) and schematic structure of the device (bottom). (From Ref. [2]). Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with the chemical composition MX2 (M=Mo,Ti and X=S,Se) are layered solids known for their excellent behavior as dry lubricants. Interestingly, TMDs have...