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Microstructure and tribological behavior of polymeric nanocomposites

Min Zhi Rong (Min Zhi Rong is with the Materials Science Insitute, and is with the Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, all at the Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Peoples’ Republic of China.)
Ming Qiu Zhang (Ming Qiu Zhang is with the Materials Science Insitute, and is with the Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, all at the Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Peoples’ Republic of China.)
Hong Liu (Hong Liu, is with the Materials Science Insitute, and is with the Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, all at the Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Peoples’ Republic of China.)
Hanmin Zeng (Hanmin Zeng is with the Materials Science Insitute, and is with the Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, all at the Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Peoples’ Republic of China.)
Bernd Wetzel (Bernd Wetzel is with the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.)
Klaus Friedrich (Klaus Friedrich is with the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.)

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

ISSN: 0036-8792

Article publication date: 1 April 2001

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Abstract

Nanocomposites represent a new prospective branch in the huge field of polymer materials science and technology. It has been shown that an overall enhancement of properties of polymers can be achieved under certain conditions by the addition of nanoparticles. To examine the influence of microstructure on the tribological performance of nanocomposites, different ways of compounding were used in this study. It was found that the friction and wear behavior of polymeric nanocomposites under sliding environment was rather sensitive to the dispersion states of the nanoparticles. When the microstructural homogeneity of the nanocomposites was improved, their wear resistance could be increased significantly. The present work demonstrates the importance of TiO2‐nanoparticles dispersion in an epoxy resin matrix, on the materials’ tribological properties, when sliding against a smooth steel counterpart.

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Zhi Rong, M., Qiu Zhang, M., Liu, H., Zeng, H., Wetzel, B. and Friedrich, K. (2001), "Microstructure and tribological behavior of polymeric nanocomposites", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 53 No. 2, pp. 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/00368790110383993

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