• DOI:10.1016/J.CARBON.2012.11.061
Corpus ID: 137549863

Few layer graphene to reduce wear and friction on sliding steel surfaces

@article{Berman2013FewLG,
  title={Few layer graphene to reduce wear and friction on sliding steel surfaces},
  author={D. Berman and A. Erdemir and A. Sumant},
  journal={Carbon},
  year={2013},
  volume={54},
  pages={454-459}
}

D. Berman, A. Erdemir, A. Sumant

Published 2013

Materials Science

Carbon

We report that solution-processed graphene layers reduce friction and wear on sliding steel surfaces in air (relative humidity, 30%). In tests with sliding steel surfaces, small amounts of graphene-containing ethanol solution decreased wear by almost 4 orders of magnitude and friction coefficients by a factor of 6. A possible explanation for these results is that the graphene layers act as a two-dimensional nanomaterial and form a conformal protective coating on the sliding contact interfaces… CONTINUE READING

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