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ClearVastness of Tribology and its Contribution for a Sustainable Development
This review organizes the vast field of tribology — the science of friction, wear, and lubrication — into six major branches and examines its contributions to sustainable development. Reducing friction and wear in mechanical systems has direct environmental benefits through energy savings and reduced material consumption.
Vastness of Tribology Research Fields and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development
This review surveys the broad field of tribology, which covers friction, wear, and lubrication across many industries and applications. Researchers organized the subject into six major branches and highlighted how reducing friction and wear can contribute to energy savings and sustainability goals. The study emphasizes that tribology research plays an underappreciated role in addressing environmental challenges like material waste and energy efficiency.
Tribology and Industry: From the Origins to 4.0
This historical review traces how tribology — the science of friction and wear — has been connected to industrial development since the first industrial revolution. Tribological research is relevant to microplastics because wear of polymer surfaces is a major mechanism by which microplastic particles are generated from tires, machinery, and consumer products.
Tribological Aspects of Rolling Bearing Failures
This review covers the tribology (friction and wear science) of rolling element bearings, discussing failure modes and how material fatigue drives bearing lifespan predictions. This mechanical engineering study has no relevance to microplastics or environmental health.
Multiscale Modeling of Friction Coefficients: A Review from Nanocontacts to Macroscopic Sliding
This review examines multiscale modeling approaches for friction coefficients from atomic nanocontacts to macroscopic sliding behavior, finding that classical Coulomb and Amontons laws underrepresent the complexity of friction phenomena revealed by modern computational and experimental research.
Modification of Frictional Surfaces of Bearings by Addition of Nanoparticle Compositions to Lubricants
Researchers studied the effects of nanoparticle additive compositions in lubricating oils on changes to the frictional surface structure and tribological characteristics of a steel-to-steel friction pair, using scanning electron microscopy to analyze surfaces after step-loading fatigue tests.
Nanofluids Minimal Quantity Lubrication Machining: From Mechanisms to Application
This review examines nanofluid minimum quantity lubrication as a sustainable machining technique that reduces environmental impact while maintaining manufacturing precision. The study summarizes the mechanisms and performance benefits of this approach across different materials, aiming to bridge the gap between laboratory research and factory-scale implementation.
Dynamic Processes of Substructural Rearrangement under Friction of Carbon Steel
This study examined how heat treatment affects the friction and wear properties of medium carbon steel, linking material microstructure to tribological performance. The research is focused on materials engineering with limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution or human health.
Multifactorial criterion evaluation of lubrication efficiency and wear resistance of friction units operating under extreme operating conditions
Researchers proposed a multifactorial criterion-based approach to optimising lubricant formulations for friction units operating under extreme conditions, incorporating rheological properties and chemical composition to sustain micro-elastohydrodynamic lubrication and reduce wear. The framework integrates viscosity class selection, plasticity assessment, and lubrication mode criteria to prevent lubrication layer breakdown and extend component service life.
Theoretical Study of the Friction Coefficient in the M-B Model
This paper derived new mathematical expressions for friction coefficients in a fractal-based surface contact model, addressing how microscopic surface roughness affects macroscopic friction behavior. The model improves predictions of friction for engineering applications where surface texture matters. Better friction models contribute to more durable and efficient mechanical systems.
Tribological Applications of Natural Filler Composites Review Article
This review examines the tribological properties of natural filler composites incorporating fibers such as flax, hemp, kenaf, jute, and agricultural residues like rice husk and wheat straw within polymer matrices, assessing their friction, wear, and lubrication behavior. The authors highlight these eco-friendly composites as sustainable alternatives to synthetic polymers in applications where tribological performance is critical.
Tribo-driven evolution of specific nano-heterostructures to achieve exceptional wear resistance in composites
This materials science study investigated wear behavior in a NiAlTa/cBN composite produced by spark plasma sintering, finding that tribologically driven formation of specific nano-heterostructures in the wear surface produced an extremely low wear rate and reduced friction coefficient.
Engineering Various Morphologies of 2 Dimensional Nanomaterials for Enhanced Nanolubricant Efficiency: A Review
This review examines how two-dimensional nanomaterials of various morphologies—sheets, ribbons, and quantum dots—can be used as lubricant additives to reduce friction and wear, with implications for designing nanomaterial-based systems that minimize environmental release of engineered particles.
On the Formation and Characterization of Nanoplastics During Surface Wear Processes
Researchers characterized nanoplastic particle generation during surface wear processes, finding that mechanical abrasion of bulk plastic materials produces a broad size distribution of particles including sub-100 nm fragments, with surface wear rate depending on polymer hardness and contact conditions.
Unveiling the mechanism secret of abrasion emissions of particulate matter and microplastics
Researchers investigated the physical and chemical mechanisms driving particulate matter and microplastic emissions from tire abrasion and other organic material wear, a major but poorly understood source of airborne and marine microplastics. The study identified key abrasion mechanisms and material properties that govern emission rates, providing a foundation for reducing non-exhaust traffic-related microplastic pollution.
Rubber Wear: History, Mechanisms, and Perspectives
This review examines rubber wear mechanisms under sliding conditions, covering classical wear theories including the Archard and Rabinowicz models, experimental studies on rubber abrasion and erosion, and a recently proposed fatigue-crack-growth-based wear model that accounts for multiscale surface roughness and explains variability in wear coefficients relevant to tyre wear particle generation.
Material Response to Rolling Contact Loading
This materials science study investigates how rolling contact in ball bearings causes microplastic deformation in steel, leading to crystallographic texture changes, residual stresses, and eventual fatigue failure. The term 'microplastic' in this paper refers to small-scale plastic deformation in metals and has no connection to environmental plastic pollution.
The problem of emission of total particulate matter and heavy metals from tribological systems in vehicles
Researchers measured total particulate matter and heavy metal emissions generated by tribological contact — friction and wear between mechanical components — finding that brake and tire wear produces significant airborne particle loads containing lead, copper, zinc, and other metals. The results underscore tribological wear as a major non-exhaust source of urban air pollution.
High-Temperature Solid Lubricants and Self-Lubricating Composites: A Critical Review
This review examined high-temperature solid lubricants and self-lubricating composites used in extreme conditions such as aerospace and metallurgy, covering material properties, mechanisms, and recent advances in reducing friction and wear at elevated temperatures.
Surface Mechanical Properties and Topological Characteristics of Thermoplastic Copolyesters after Precisely Controlled Abrasion
This study characterized surface mechanical properties and texture changes in thermoplastic copolyesters after controlled abrasion testing. Understanding how polymer surfaces wear is relevant to microplastic generation, since mechanical abrasion of plastic products is a key pathway through which microplastics are released into the environment.
A numerical model to simulate the transient frictional viscoelastic sliding contact
This paper develops a numerical model for transient sliding contact between viscoelastic surfaces, accounting for friction and partial slip. It is a mechanical engineering study with no connection to microplastics and is a false positive for microplastic relevance.
Surface Chemistry in Environmental Degradation of Polymeric Solids
Researchers reviewed the three main degradation pathways of plastic materials from a surface chemistry perspective: chemical, biological, and mechanical degradation. They described how these processes can occur consecutively or simultaneously in the environment, ultimately producing microplastics. The study provides a scientific framework for understanding how plastics break down into smaller particles, which is essential for developing strategies to address microplastic pollution.
A 3D Finite Element Model of Rolling Contact Fatigue for Evolved Material Response and Residual Stress Estimation
This engineering study developed a 3D finite element model for rolling contact fatigue in steel bearings to predict residual stress and material hardening. It is a mechanical engineering paper not related to environmental microplastics.
New Methodology to Evaluate the Rolling Contact Fatigue Performance of Bearing Steels With Surface Dents: Application to 32CrMoV13 (Nitrided) and M50 Steels
This engineering study developed a method to evaluate how surface dents affect rolling contact fatigue in bearing steels, using indentation testing and two-disk fatigue experiments to compare different steel alloys. This is an industrial engineering study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.