Diamond-like carbon (DLC) protective coatings with excellent strength and toughness properties, low friction and low environmental sensitivity has always been a challenge in the field of hard solid lubricating coatings.
Professor LIU Lei from the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, visited Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), on AUGUST 30. During his visit, Prof. LIU delivered a report entitled Studies on Copper Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Aliphatic Electrophiles.
Water lubrication is quite promising in the field of lubrication since it is pollution free, low in cost and can be easily maintained. However, water has a low viscosity, strong cavitation erosion, poor lubricity, etc. In addition, friction pairs used under the condition of water lubrication are vulnerable to erosion and suffer serious abrasion....
Researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication of the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the CAS have developed a super-hydrophobic and super-oleophobic surface. They have received a Chinese invention patent for the technique on October 19, 2011. The patent is 200810183392.4.
