The 7th China-UK Tribology Symposium was held in Wuhan from April 6 to April 8. The theme of the symposium was tribological issues in transportations. Around 60 people attended the symposium. During the symposium, altogether 3 plenary reports, 14 invited reports and 12 young scholar reports were made. These reports showed the latest development...
Professor Armido Studer from the Westf？lische- Wilhelms-University visited the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on March 29. During his visit, he gave a lecture entitled The electron is a catalyst.
Stretchable electronic devices show remarkable application potentials in a wide range of fields spanning from wearable electronics, biomedical diagnosis and actuation, to robotics, fashion and textiles. State-of-the-art technologies use flat elastic substrates for making these devices, in which complicated lithographic design and fabrication are...
The articular cartilage of synovial joint can bear a heavy load while there’s little wear and friction, which proves that a very complicated lubrication system exists in articular cartilage. By studying this lubrication system, the group headed by Prof. ZHOU Feng at the State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication of the Lanzhou Institute of Chemi...
The interfacial friction of soft matter is mostly found in living things and its friction coefficient is extremely low. The ultra-low friction coefficient helps living things to better adapt to the environment and survive from attack. This prompts researchers to wonder whether people can achieve this low friction while have a control over its fr...
