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Research Article | Open Access

Achieving macroscale superlubricity with ultra-short running-in period by using polyethylene glycol-tannic acid complex green lubricant

Changhe DU1,2, Tongtong YU1,3, Zishuai WU1, Liqiang ZHANG1,3, Ruilin SHEN1, Xiaojuan LI1,2, Min FENG1,2, Yange FENG1,3, Daoai WANG1,3( )
State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Qingdao Center of Resource Chemistry and New Materials, Qingdao 266100, China
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Superlubricating materials can greatly reduce the energy consumed and economic losses by unnecessary friction. However, a long pre-running-in period is indispensable for achieving superlubricity; this leads to severe wear on the surface of friction pairs and has become one of the important factors in the wear of superlubricating materials. In this study, a polyethylene glycol-tannic acid complex green liquid lubricant (PEG10000-TA) was designed to achieve macroscale superlubricity with an ultrashort running-in period of 9 s under a contact pressure of up to 410 MPa, and the wear rate was only 1.19 × 10–8 mm3·N−1·m−1. This is the shortest running-in time required to achieve superlubricity in Si3N4/glass (SiO2). The results show that the strong hydrogen bonds between PEG and TA molecules can significantly reduce the time required for the tribochemical reaction, allowing the lubricating material to reach the state of superlubrication rapidly. Furthermore, the strong hydrogen bond can share a large load while fixing free water molecules in the contact zone to reduce shear interaction. These findings will help advance the use of liquid superlubricity technology in industrial and biomedical.

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superlubricityrunning-in periodtannic acidgreen lubricantfriction

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Friction
Volume 11 Issue 5,
May 2023
Pages 748-762
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-022-0660-3
Cite this article:
DU C, YU T, WU Z, et al. Achieving macroscale superlubricity with ultra-short running-in period by using polyethylene glycol-tannic acid complex green lubricant. Friction, 2023, 11(5): 748-762. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0660-3

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Received: 08 February 2022
Revised: 07 March 2022
Accepted: 02 June 2022
Published: 06 January 2023
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