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Hybrid Wear-Reducing Micro-pits Counterface Texture Against Polymeric Solid Lubricants

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We report a hybrid wear-reducing surface by sliding steel counterfaces with pre-textured micro-pits pattern against polymeric solid lubricants. When being slid against a freshly prepared pin of the same polymer material, the hybrid surface significantly reduced wear rate of the polymer and steel counterface by up to 69% and 550% compared with the untextured unconditioned surface for the four different polymers surveyed in this study. Polymer wear generally decreased with increased iteration round of preconditioning while counterface wear was more dependent on transfer film and wear track topography. Worn counterface profilometry analysis suggested the preconditioned hybrid surface improved debris retention within the micro-pits which might mitigate wear by acting as debris reservoirs at the sliding interface and promoting transfer film formation.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51875153, 51875152, and 51975174).

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    Jiaxin Ye, Yifan Zhang, Kaisen Zhang, Wei Wang, Xiaojun Liu & Kun Liu

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Ye, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, K. et al. Hybrid Wear-Reducing Micro-pits Counterface Texture Against Polymeric Solid Lubricants. Tribol Lett 68, 33 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-020-1271-7

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