In this introductory paper for the Theme Issue on green tribology, we discuss the concept of green tribology and its relation to other areas of tribology as well as other 'green' disciplines, namely, green engineering and green chemistry. We formulate the 12 principles of green tribology: the minimization of (i) friction and (ii) wear, (iii) the reduction or complete elimination of lubrication,...

Define tribology and discuss its effect on total hip arthroplasty (THA). Tribology is defined as the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion and includes the principles of friction, lubrication, and wear of implant materials. Tribology of the articulating materials in THA is the most important issue for long-term survival of the implants because the fixation of implants either with o...

The seals are the important component of the aircraft engine to prevent leakage of gas or oil. Because the contact and friction problems have a great influence on the performance of the seals, the concept and theory of tribology is already widely applied in research and design processes of advanced seals. This report selected three kinds of representative seals which are co...

The application of tribology in dentistry is a growing and rapidly expanding field. Intensive research has been conducted to develop an understanding of dental tribology for successful design and selection of artificial dental materials. In this paper, the anatomy and function of human teeth is presented in brief, three types of current artificial dental materials are summarized, and their adva...

Introduction In general, the twentieth century marked the first major incursion of chemists into the world of tribology. Driven partly by the need for improved lubricants for new machines developed in the first few decades of the century, and partly by new analytical capabilities, lubricant chemists and tribochemists were to become full partners in the science of tribology. In this review we co...

Tribology Transactions Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713669620 Surface Chemistry of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Lubricant Additives--Part I: Extreme-Pressure Tribology P. V. Kotvis a; W. T. Tysoe b a Frank P. Farrell Laboratory, Benz Oil, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin b Department of Chemistry and L...

Green tribology is a newfield of greatinterest to a large number of tribologists. This article reviews the latest advances in this area including energy conservation, emission reduction, super-low friction and super-lowwear, wind turbines,smart coatings, and fundamentals.Moreover, an overview ofthe future development of green tribology is also presented.

CitNetExplorer has been used to study the citation networks among the scientific publications on tribology during the 15 years period from 1998-2012. Three data sets from Web of Science have been analyzed: (1) Core publications of tribology research, (2) publications on nanotribology and (3) publications of Bharat Bhushan (a top-contributor to nanotribology research). Based on this study, some ...

Tribology deals with parts in relative motion, and related friction, adhesion, lubrication and wear phenomena. With our devices getting smaller and smaller, our understanding of tribology on the small scale has to increase. Microand nanotribology denotes tribology performed with microand nanotechnological instruments. This field is still in a developmental stage, and establishing the relation a...