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Green Tribology

Biomimetics, Energy Conservation and Sustainability

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Michael Nosonovsky

    1. , Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA

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  2. Bharat Bhushan

    1. Nanoprobe Lab. for Bio- & Nanotechnology, Biomimetics (NLB²), Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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  • Presents green tribology

  • Important for lubrication engineering

  • Gives information on biomimetic surfaces, self-cleaning surfaces, surface-healing and friction in living nature

  • Important chapter on the Lotus effect and surface microstructuring

  • Practical information on antifouling surfaces and tribology of wind power turbines

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Green Tribology, its History, Challenges, and Perspectives

      • Michael Nosonovsky, Bharat Bhushan
      Pages 3-22

  3. Biomimetics Surfaces, Materials and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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  4. Biomimetics surfaces, materials and methods

    1. Lotus Versus Rose: Biomimetic Surface Effects

      • Michael Nosonovsky, Bharat Bhushan
      Pages 25-40

    2. Self-Organization at the Frictional Interface

      • Michael Nosonovsky, Vahid Mortazavi
      Pages 41-78

    3. Advanced Nanostructured Surfaces for the Control of Biofouling: Cell Adhesions to Three-Dimensional Nanostructures

      • Chang-Hwan Choi, Chang-Jin Kim
      Pages 79-103

    4. Green Nanotribology and Sustainable Nanotribology in the Frame of the Global Challenges for Humankind

      • I. C. Gebeshuber
      Pages 105-125

    5. Towards Understanding Wetting Transitions on Biomimetic Surfaces: Scaling Arguments and Physical Mechanisms

      • Edward Bormashenko, Gene Whyman
      Pages 127-147

    6. Wear-Resistant and Oleophobic Biomimetic Composite Materials

      • Vahid Hejazi, Michael Nosonovsky
      Pages 149-172

    7. Polymer Adhesion and Biomimetic Surfaces for Green Tribology

      • Mehdi Mortazavi, Michael Nosonovsky
      Pages 173-219

  5. Green and Sustainable Lubricants and Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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  6. Green and sustainable lubricants and materials

    1. A Biomimetic Approach to Ice Friction

      • Anne-Marie Kietzig
      Pages 223-264

    2. Green Lubricants: Role of Additive Size

      • Pradeep L. Menezes, Michael R. Lovell, M. A. Kabir, C. Fred Higgs III, Pradeep K. Rohatgi
      Pages 265-286

    3. Natural Oil-Based Lubricants

      • K. R. Sathwik Chatra, N. H. Jayadas, Satish V. Kailas
      Pages 287-328

    4. Studies on the Tribological Behavior of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite

      • Pradeep L. Menezes, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Michael R. Lovell
      Pages 329-345

    5. Water Lubricated Bearings

      • R. Pai, D. J. Hargreaves
      Pages 347-391

    6. Green Tribological Behavior of Waxes, Adhesives and Lubricants

      • W. Li, X. H. Kong, M. Ruan, F. M. Ma, X. H. Zuo, Y. Chen
      Pages 393-411

    7. Tribo-Chemical Activation of Green Eco-Cements

      • Konstantin Sobolev
      Pages 413-428

    8. Tribological Properties of Fly Ash-Based Green Friction Products

      • Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Pradeep L. Menezes, Michael R. Lovell
      Pages 429-443
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About this book

Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication. Recently, the concept of “green tribology” as “the science and technology of the tribological aspects of ecological balance and of environmental and biological impacts” was introduced. The field of green tribology includes tribological technology that mimics living nature (biomimetic surfaces) and thus is expected to be environmentally friendly, the control of friction and wear that is of importance for energy conservation and conversion, environmental aspects of lubrication and surface modification techniques, and tribological aspects of green applications such as wind-power turbines or solar panels. This book is the first comprehensive volume on green tribology. The chapters are prepared by leading experts in their fields and cover such topics as biomimetics, environmentally friendly lubrication, tribology of wind turbines and renewable sources of energy, and ecological impact of new technologies of surface treatment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA

    Michael Nosonovsky

  • Nanoprobe Lab. for Bio- & Nanotechnology, Biomimetics (NLB²), Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Bharat Bhushan

About the editors

Michael Nosonovsky is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For his work on the scale effect in friction and biomimetic surfaces he was honored in 2008 by ASME Burt L. Newkirk award

Prof. Bharat Bhushan is Ohio Eminent Scholar and Howard D. Winbigler Professor Director of Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics at Ohio State University. He is an author and editor of more than 10 monographs and about 700 research articles and one of the most prominent tribologists in the world.

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