| Autor: |
Nicholas D. Spencer |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Tribology Online, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 143-153 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1881-2198 |
| DOI: |
10.2474/trol.9.143 |
| Popis: |
Hydrophilic polymer brushes constitute a man-made approach to imitating nature’s lubrication mechanisms. A polymer that has been frequently used to explore such systems is poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). While PEG may not be the ideal solution for water-lubricated tribosystems for a number of technical reasons, this well-characterized polymer has served as an extremely useful model for the development of other polymer-brush-based lubricant approaches. This review covers the history of PEG brushes used as aqueous lubricants, including the large body of work on electrostatically attached PEG brushes, and ends with a discussion of current and future research directions that build upon the knowledge gained over a decade and a half of PEG-brush research in tribology. |
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