The potential applications of new graphitic materials, including carbon nanotubes and carbonized spheres, is limited by both the cost of production and the difficulties of organizing them into final geometries. We have developed a simple, low temperature (ca. 500 C) novel technology based on our discovery that in certain lean burn combustion environments graphite will grow rapidly (>1 graphene ...

Understanding friction between material pairs is very crucial when utilizing the materials in various applications, including mechanical and biological systems. In the present investigation, efforts were made to study the influence of surface texture and roughness on friction and transfer film formation during sliding of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) pins against steel plate...

We describe single-chain polymer nanoparticles (SCNPs) possessing intramolecular dynamic covalent crosslinks that can transform into polymer films through a molecular recognition-mediated crosslinking process. The SCNPs utilise molecular recognition with surface-immobilised proteins to concentrate upon a substrate, bringing the SCNPs into close spatial proximity with one another and allowing th...

Perovskite solar cells have received considerable attention in recent years as a promisingmaterial capable of developing high performance photovoltaic devices at a low cost. Their high absorption coefficient, tunable band gap, low temperature processing and abundant elemental constituents provide numerous advantages overmost thin film absorbermaterials. In this review, we discuss the current st...

Films cast from multiphase polymer particles have the potential to combine the properties of their components synergistically. The properties of the film depend on the hybrid polymer architecture and the film morphology. However, how the polymer microstructure and particle morphology are transformed during film formation to determine the film morphology is not well understood. Here, using water...

Diamond and diamondlike carbon (DLC) films exhibit a wide range of sometimes contradictory tribological behavior. Experimentally, isolating the influences of factors such as film structure, testing conditions, and environmental effects has proven difficult. In this work, molecular dynamics simulations were used to examine the effects of film structure, passivation, adhesion, tribochemistry, and...