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Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy in the Analysis of Friction and Wear Mechanisms
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: Received: 30 May 2018 / Approved: 31 May 2018 / Online: 31 May 2018 (11:27:10 CEST)
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Luo, Q. Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy in the Analysis of Friction and Wear Mechanisms. Lubricants 2018, 6, 58. Luo, Q. Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy in the Analysis of Friction and Wear Mechanisms. Lubricants 2018, 6, 58.
Abstract
Friction and wear take place on two solid surfaces in sliding contact as a result of the mechanical, thermal and chemical interactions with the participation of environmental species. Electron microscopy and the associated spectroscopic analyses are powerful in probing these mechanisms in spatial resolutions from micro to atomic scale. This article provides a review of the author’s work in the wear and friction mechanisms of PVD hard coatings in which various SEM- and TEM-based microscopic and spectroscopic techniques were employed. Understanding on the failure mechanisms and the origin of self-adaptive friction has been improved to nano-scale. Other related issues are also discussed, such as sample preparation techniques for cross-sectional electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy.
Keywords
electron microscopy; energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX); electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS); worn surface analysis; tribofilms
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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