Advances in Ceramic-Based Lubricants

Dear Colleagues,

Ceramic materials have many excellent properties such as high strength, high hardness, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance and light weight, making them valuable as surface coatings or monolithic components for use as motion components in harsh environments (high temperature, strong corrosion, etc.). However, ceramic materials also have some disadvantages as mechanical moving parts, such as relatively high coefficients of friction and wear rates. The main forms of lubrication achieved by ceramic matrix composites include liquid lubrication and solid lubrication. In general, liquid media such as lubricating grease, water and acid/alkaline solutions provide excellent lubrication between the friction pairs of ceramic matrix composites. Solid lubrication is achieved by introducing the solid lubricant onto the surface of the material by micro weaving or bonding, or by incorporating the solid lubricant directly into the ceramic material for the effective lubrication of ceramic-based materials. For the environment in which the material will be used, by introducing specific single or compound solid lubricants into the ceramic material, the coefficient of friction and wear rate of the ceramic material can be significantly reduced to meet the actual working conditions of the materials.

This Special Issue will highlight recent advances in ceramic-based lubricants. We invite 10 high-quality research papers about the lubrication methods, tribological properties and mechanisms of ceramic based materials. We expect these studies to provide advanced ceramic-based lubricating materials in the future to solve some of the harsh lubrication challenges.

Dr. Junjie Song
Dr. Yuan Fang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Lubricants is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• ceramic coating
• ceramic matrix composites
• liquid lubrication
• solid lubrication
• lubrication method
• tribological properties
• lubrication mechanism
• friction wear mechanisms