Simple n-alcohols, such as 1-dodecanol, show anomalous film-forming and friction behaviors under elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) conditions, found inside bearings gears. Using tribometer, diamond anvil cell (DAC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments, we that liquid 1-dodecanol undergoes a pressure-induced solidification when entrained into EHL contacts. Different solid poly...
