In Situ Synthesized Glycerol‐Releasing Nanocarriers Unlock Superlubricity in Oil‐Based Lubricants
Bibliographic record
Abstract
ABSTRACT Superlubricity, a state where friction is virtually non‐existent, mitigates uneconomical energy losses caused by mechanical motion. Glycerol exhibits excellent superlubrication properties, especially in combination with inert coatings. The addition of glycerol to existing oil‐based lubricants is a promising approach to maximize lubricity. However, miscibility issues hamper the use of hydrophilic glycerol as an additive in hydrophobic lubricant base oils. Therefore, we developed glycerol nanocarriers that are dispersible in hydrophobic oils and contain unreacted glycerol as a payload inside a cross‐linked glycerol‐based polyurethane shell. This in situ synthesis uses inverse miniemulsion polymerization in lubricant base oils as the continuous phase to obtain glycerol nanocarriers. The synthesis in the lubricant base oil significantly increases the glycerol loading capacity with unreacted glycerol compared to previously reported sponge‐like nanoparticles. We demonstrated that varying the amount of comonomer used alters the quantity of encapsulated glycerol. Consequently, the observed lubricity of the formulated lubricants at the tribological contact can be tuned systematically. Ultimately, these novel glycerol‐based nanocarriers provided superlubricity (CoF < 0.01) when combined with diamond‐like carbon–coated surfaces, bringing us closer to ideal, frictionless movements under real‐life operating conditions.
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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