SOLUTION - Solid lubrication for emerging engineering applications

Project Information

SOLUTION

Grant agreement ID: 721642

DOI 10.3030/721642

Project closed

EC signature date 2 December 2016

Start date 1 February 2017

End date 31 January 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 3 510 527,04

EU contribution € 3 510 527,04

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
United Kingdom

Deliverables

Other (8)

Presentations at conferences and fair trades

More than 20 presentations at conferences and fair trades

Training unit 2
Publications in scientific journals

More than 20 publications in scientific journals

Training unit 1
Training unit 6
Training unit 5
Training unit 4
Training unit 3

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (37)

Electrodeposition of Ni P composite coatings: A review

Author(s): Aleksandra Lelevic, Frank C. Walsh
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 378, 2019, Page(s) 124803, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.07.027

Nanotribology of transition metal dichalcogenide flakes deposited by chemical vapour deposition: The influence of chemical composition and sliding speed on nanoscale friction of monolayers

Author(s): Ales Rapuc, He Wang, Tomas Polcar
Published in: Applied Surface Science, Issue 556, 2021, Page(s) 149762, ISSN 0169-4332
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149762

Stochastic thermodynamics of nanoscale friction

Author(s): P. C. Torche, P. Nicolini, T. Polcar, O. Hovorka
Published in: Physical Review E, Issue 103/5, 2021, ISSN 2470-0045
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.052104

The effect of substrate location on the composition, microstructure and mechano-tribological properties of W-S-C coatings deposited by magnetron sputtering

Author(s): Todor Vuchkov, Manuel Evaristo, Talha Bin Yaqub, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 386, 2020, Page(s) 125481, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125481

An insight on the MoS2 tribo-film formation to determine the friction performance of Mo-S-N sputtered coatings

Author(s): Kaushik Hebbar Kannur, Teodor Huminiuc, Talha Bin Yaqub, Tomas Polcar, Christophe Pupier, Christophe Héau, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 408, 2021, Page(s) 126791, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126791

Comparative Study of DC and RF Sputtered MoSe2 Coatings Containing Carbon—An Approach to Optimize Stoichiometry, Microstructure, Crystallinity and Hardness

Author(s): Talha Bin Yaqub, Todor Vuchkov, Pedro Sanguino, Tomas Polcar, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Coatings, Issue 10/2, 2020, Page(s) 133, ISSN 2079-6412
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/coatings10020133

Exploring Nanoscale Lubrication Mechanisms of Multilayer MoS2 During Sliding: The Effect of Humidity

Author(s): Victor E. P. Claerbout, Paolo Nicolini, Tomas Polcar
Published in: Frontiers in Chemistry, Issue 9, 2021, ISSN 2296-2646
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.684441

Thermodynamic aspects of nanoscale friction

Author(s): P. C. Torche, T. Polcar, O. Hovorka
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 100/12, 2019, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.100.125431

Additivation of MoS2 nanosheets to synthetic poly-alpha-olefins base oils: A theoretical study of nanolubrication

Author(s): Loukia Maritsa, Sonia Martel, Rocio Barros, Alfredo Bol, Santiago Aparicio
Published in: Journal of Molecular Liquids, Issue 332, 2021, Page(s) 115881, ISSN 0167-7322
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115881

Influence of laser structural patterning on the tribological performance of C-alloyed W-S coatings

Author(s): Mohammadreza Shamshiri, Ana Manaia, Todor Vuchkov, Alexandre Carvalho, Guilherme Gaspar, António Fernandes, Samaneh Heydarian Dolatabadi, Florinda Costa, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 394, 2020, Page(s) 125822, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125822

Nanotribological Investigation of Sliding Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Film Coatings

Author(s): Ales Rapuc, Kosta Simonovic, Teodor Huminiuc, Albano Cavaleiro, Tomas Polcar
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Issue 12/48, 2020, Page(s) 54191-54202, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c16789

Toxicological assessment of commercial monolayer tungsten disulfide nanomaterials aqueous suspensions using human A549 cells and the model fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Author(s): Brixhilda Domi, Kapil Bhorkar, Carlos Rumbo, Labrini Sygellou, Sonia Martel Martin, Roberto Quesada, Spyros N. Yannopoulos, Juan Antonio Tamayo-Ramos
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 272, 2021, Page(s) 129603, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129603

Phase behaviour of (Ti:Mo) S2 binary alloys arising from electron-lattice coupling

Author(s): Andrea Silva, Tomas Polcar, Denis Kramer
Published in: Computational Materials Science, Issue 186, 2021, Page(s) 110044, ISSN 0927-0256
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.110044

Fate assessment of commercial 2D MoS2 aqueous dispersions at physicochemical and toxicological level

Author(s): Brixhilda Domi, Kapil Bhorkar, Carlos Rumbo, Labrini Sygellou, Spyros N Yannopoulos, Roberto Quesada and Juan Antonio Tamayo-Ramos
Published in: Nanotechnology, 2020, ISSN 0957-4484
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aba6b3

Mechanical Properties and Vacuum Tribological Performance of Mo–S–N Sputtered Coatings

Author(s): Kaushik Hebbar Kannur, Talha Bin Yaqub, Christophe Pupier, Christophe Héau, and Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Applied Materials & interfaces, Issue 12, 38, 2020, Page(s) 43299–43310, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c12655

Assessment of Physico-Chemical and Toxicological Properties of Commercial 2D Boron Nitride Nanopowder and Nanoplatelets

Author(s): Brixhilda Domi, Kapil Bhorkar, Carlos Rumbo, Labrini Sygellou, Spyros N. Yannopoulos, Rocio Barros, Roberto Quesada, Juan Antonio Tamayo-Ramos
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 22/2, 2021, Page(s) 567, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020567

Synthesis, Microstructural, and Mechano-Tribological Properties of Self-Lubricating W-S-C(H) Thin Films Deposited by Different RF Magnetron Sputtering Procedures

Author(s): Todor Vuchkov, Talha Bin Yaqub, Manuel Evaristo, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Coatings, Issue 10/3, 2020, Page(s) 272, ISSN 2079-6412
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/coatings10030272

DCMS Mo-Se-C solid lubricant coatings – Synthesis, structural, mechanical and tribological property investigation

Author(s): Talha Bin Yaqub, Todor Vuchkov, Manuel Evaristo, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 378, 2019, Page(s) 124992, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.124992

The influence of the deposition pressure on the composition and the mechanical properties of W–S–C coatings deposited by magnetron sputtering in semi-industrial conditions

Author(s): Todor Vuchkov, Talha Bin Yaqub, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Vacuum, Issue 184, 2021, Page(s) 109963, ISSN 0042-207X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2020.109963

Interaction Analysis of Commercial Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles with Unicellular Systems and Biomolecules

Author(s): Brixhilda Domi, Carlos Rumbo, Javier García-Tojal, Livia Elena Sima, Gabriela Negroiu, Juan Antonio Tamayo-Ramos
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 21/1, 2020, Page(s) 205, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010205

Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of Mo-S-N solid lubricant coatings

Author(s): Tomáš Hudec, Marián Mikula, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Tomáš Roch, Martin Truchlý, Peter Švec, Teodor Huminiuc, Tomáš Polcar
Published in: Applied Surface Science, 2019, ISSN 0169-4332
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.03.294

Superlubricity achieved for commensurate sliding: MoS2 frictional anisotropy in silico

Author(s): Victor E.P. Claerbout, Tomas Polcar, Paolo Nicolini
Published in: Computational Materials Science, Issue 163, 2019, Page(s) 17-23, ISSN 0927-0256
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.03.019

Electrodeposition of Ni P alloy coatings: A review

Author(s): Aleksandra Lelevic, Frank C. Walsh
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 369, 2019, Page(s) 198-220, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.03.055

Quasi-smectic liquid crystal phase of octane in contact with 2D MoS2

Author(s): Loukia Maritsa, Alfredo Bol, Santiago Aparicio
Published in: Applied Surface Science, Issue 533, 2020, Page(s) 147386, ISSN 0169-4332
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147386

Viewpoint: Atomic-Scale Design Protocols toward Energy, Electronic, Catalysis, and Sensing Applications

Author(s): Florian Belviso, Victor E. P. Claerbout, Aleix Comas-Vives, Naresh S. Dalal, Feng-Ren Fan, Alessio Filippetti, Vincenzo Fiorentini, Lucas Foppa, Cesare Franchini, Benjamin Geisler, Luca M. Ghiringhelli, Axel Groß, Shunbo Hu, Jorge Íñiguez, Steven Kaai Kauwe, Janice L. Musfeldt, Paolo Nicolini, Rossitza Pentcheva, Tomas Polcar, Wei Ren, Fabio Ricci, Francesco Ricci, Huseyin Sener Sen, Jonathan M
Published in: Inorganic Chemistry, Issue 58/22, 2019, Page(s) 14939-14980, ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01785

Exploring the Stability of Twisted van der Waals Heterostructures

Author(s): Andrea Silva, Victor E. P. Claerbout, Tomas Polcar, Denis Kramer, Paolo Nicolini
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Issue 12/40, 2020, Page(s) 45214-45221, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c13971

Tribological behaviour of Mo-S-N solid lubricant coatings in vacuum, nitrogen gas and elevated temperatures

Author(s): Tomáš Hudec, Tomáš Roch, Maroš Gregor, Ľubomír Orovčík, Marián Mikula, Tomáš Polcar
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 405, 2021, Page(s) 126722, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126722

Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of MoSe2 and Mo-Se-N solid lubricant coatings

Author(s): Tomáš Hudec, Vitalii Izai, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Teodor Huminiuc, Tomáš Roch, Maroš Gregor, Branislav Grančič, Marián Mikula, Tomáš Polcar
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 405, 2021, Page(s) 126536, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126536

Thermodynamics of interacting magnetic nanoparticles

Author(s): P. Torche, C. Munoz-Menendez, D. Serantes, D. Baldomir, K. L. Livesey, O. Chubykalo-Fesenko, S. Ruta, R. Chantrell, O. Hovorka
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 101/22, 2020, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.101.224429

Synthesis, microstructure and mechanical properties of W–S–C self-lubricant thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering

Author(s): Todor Vuchkov, Manuel Evaristo, Talha Bin Yaqub, Tomas Polcar, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Tribology International, Issue 150, 2020, Page(s) 106363, ISSN 0301-679X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106363

Synthesis and structural properties of Mo-S-N sputtered coatings

Author(s): Kaushik Hebbar Kannur, Talha Bin Yaqub, Teodor Huminiuc, Tomas Polcar, Christophe Pupier, Christophe Héau, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Applied Surface Science, Issue 527, 2020, Page(s) 146790, ISSN 0169-4332
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.146790

Effect of Noninteracting Intercalants on Layer Exfoliation in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides

Author(s): Jamil Missaoui, Antonio Cammarata, Florian Belviso, Tomas Polcar
Published in: Physical Review Applied, Issue 15/6, 2021, ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.15.064041

Molybdenum diselenide coatings as universal dry lubricants for terrestrial and aerospace applications

Author(s): Talha Bin Yaqub, Kaushik Hebbar Kannur, Todor Vuchkov, Christophe Pupier, Christophe Héau, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Materials Letters, Issue 275, 2020, Page(s) 128035, ISSN 0167-577X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128035

Synthesis, microstructural and mechanical properties of self-lubricating Mo-Se-C coatings deposited by closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering

Author(s): Todor Vuchkov, Talha Bin Yaqub, Manuel Evaristo, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 394, 2020, Page(s) 125889, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125889

Densification and tribofilm formation in hydrocarbon nanofluids induced by MoS2 nanotubes

Author(s): Loukia Maritsa, Alfredo Bol, Santiago Aparicio
Published in: Journal of Molecular Liquids, Issue 311, 2020, Page(s) 113291, ISSN 0167-7322
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113291

Insights into the wear track evolution with sliding cycles of carbon-alloyed transition metal dichalcogenide coatings

Author(s): Talha Bin Yaqub, Stéphanie Bruyere, Jean-François Pierson, Todor Vuchkov, Albano Cavaleiro
Published in: Surface and Coatings Technology, Issue 403, 2020, Page(s) 126360, ISSN 0257-8972
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126360

Effect of electric fields in low-dimensional materials: Nanofrictional response as a case study

Author(s): Florian Belviso, Antonio Cammarata, Jamil Missaoui, Tomas Polcar
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 102/15, 2020, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: APC
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.102.155433