Binary carbides (e.g. SiC, WC, and TiC) and ternary carbides (e.g. Ti3SiC2) are very important materials for many tribological applications. However, these carbides do not feel self-lubricated under dry sliding. Researchers at the R&D Center for Lubricating and Protecting Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy ...
Professor HE Zisen, executive director of Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), visited Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), on August 21. During his visit, Prof. HE delivered a report entitled IMRE--Where Innovation Meets Enterprise.
Superhydrophobic surfaces have numerous applications in self-cleaning paints and windows, non-wetting fabrics, anti-icing, and so on. Many methods have been developed to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces. However, the superhydrophobic surfaces prepared by these approaches possess poor surface mechanical properties, in particular poor wear resi...
