Project description
Research paves the way for near-frictionless materials
Around one fourth of the global energy losses result from friction and wear. The EU-funded SSLiP project will rely on a new concept called superlubricity, where solid, atomic-sized 2D materials can slide across one another experiencing virtually no friction. Through careful design of colloidal particles coated in these 2D materials, researchers will be able to control the carrier fluid and the mechanical properties of the colloids, as well as their sliding and collective behaviour. SSLiP will get superlubricity off the ground, extending laboratory research to practical applications. Scaling up the idea should help drastically reduce friction losses in passenger cars and help hard drives perform better.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringtribologylubrication
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructures
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysics
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedCoordinator
D02 CX56 Dublin 2
Ireland
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Participants (7)
7491 Trondheim
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69134 Ecully
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
75794 Paris
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1012WX Amsterdam
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85579 Neubiberg
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2 Dublin
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20133 Milano
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