APTES nanofilm manufacturing using sliding interfaces

Al Sheikh Omar, Alaaeddin (avtor), Ahmad, Khurshid (avtor), Lodhi, Ajay Pratap Singh (avtor), Wang, Chun (avtor), Kubiak, Krzysztof (avtor), Morina, Ardian (avtor)

Harnessing tribochemical reactions at sliding interfaces has been proposed to provide an alternative perspective for manufacturing well-defined nanostructures for applications other than tribology. This approach provides a new notion of employing tribology to create nanofilms for applications such as micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS). In this study, the ball-on-disc mini traction machine (MTM) was used to manufacture conductive tribofilms by using the 3-Aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) as a precursor. Different rotation speeds were applied to evaluate the tribofilm growth at different lubrication regimes, including boundary and mixed regimes. The results confirmed the ability to manufacture thick tribofilm using APTES on steel surfaces. Tribofilm characterisation using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) confirmed the tribofilms’ formation and thickness. The film thickness of APTES reached up to 300 nm compared to 100 nm of ZDDP tribofilm without damaging the contact surface. The AFM analysis showed the conductivity of the formed APTES tribofilm compared to the nonconductive ZDDP tribofilm.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: tribofilm, nanofilm manufacturing, ZDDP, APTES, tribology
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: 12 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 239, issue 9
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-180795
• UDK: 539.92:621.89
• ISSN pri članku: 1350-6501
• DOI: 10.1177/13506501251349355
• COBISS.SI-ID: 271210499
• Datum objave v RUL: 16.03.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of engineering tribology
• Skrajšan naslov: Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part J J. eng. tribol.
• Založnik: Mechanical Engineering Publications
• ISSN: 1350-6501
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1936923

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: tribofilm, proizvodnja nanofilmov, premazi, tribologija

Projekti

• Financer: UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
• Številka projekta: EP/S030476/1
• Naslov: TRibology as an ENabling Technology (TRENT)