Oil-Soluble Polymer Brush Grafted Nanoparticles as Effective Lubricant Additives for Friction and Wear Reduction

Wright, Roger A.  E.; Wang, Kewei; Qu, Jun; Zhao, Bin

doi:10.1002/anie.201603663

Title: Oil-Soluble Polymer Brush Grafted Nanoparticles as Effective Lubricant Additives for Friction and Wear Reduction

Journal Article · Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201603663· OSTI ID:1279408

Wright, Roger A. E. ^[1]; Wang, Kewei ^[1]; Qu, Jun ^[2];

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Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The development of high performance lubricants has been driven by increasingly growing industrial demands and environmental concerns. Here we demonstrate oil-soluble polymer brush-grafted inorganic nanoparticles (hairy NPs) as highly effective lubricant additives for friction and wear reduction. A series of oil-miscible poly(lauryl methacrylate) brush-grafted silica and titania NPs were synthesized by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. These hairy NPs showed exceptional stability in polyalphaolefin (PAO) base oil; no change in transparency was observed after being kept at -20, 22, and 100 °C for at least 55 days. High contact stress ball-on-flat reciprocating sliding tribological tests at 100 °C showed that addition of 1 wt% of hairy NPs into PAO led to significant reductions in coefficient of friction (up to ~ 40%) and wear volume (up to ~ 90%). The excellent lubricating properties of hairy NPs were further elucidated by the characterization of the tribofilm formed on the flat. These hairy NPs represent a new type of lubricating oil additives with high efficiency in friction and wear reduction.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; EE0006925

OSTI ID:: 1279408

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1400981; OSTI ID: 1430643

Journal Information:: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Vol. 55, Issue 30; ISSN 1433-7851

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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