Competitive Adsorption of Ionic Liquids Versus Friction Modifier and Anti-Wear Additive at Solid/Lubricant Interface—Speciation with Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

A modern lubricant contains various additives with different functionalities and the interactions or reactions between these additives could induce synergistic or antagonistic effects in tribological performance. In this study, sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy was used to investigate comp...

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Main Authors: Dien Ngo, Xin He, Huimin Luo, Jun Qu, Seong H. Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Lubricants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/8/11/98