High modulus of about 1 TPa, high thermal conductivity over 3000 W/mK, very low coefficient expansion (CTE), electrical conductivity, self-lubricating characteristics and density have made CNTs one the best reinforcing materials nano composites for advanced structural, industrial, strength wear-prone applications. This is so because it has capacity improving mechanical, tribological, electrical...

Molecular dynamics computer simulations provide experimentally inaccessible insights into behavior of materials. The insights facilitate development of materials with improved properties, but at the same time are quite useful in instruction. We describe recent applications of the molecular dynamics technique in simulations of mechanical behavior of metals and polymeric materials and also of tri...

Lightweight metals, e.g. aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), titanium (Ti) and their alloys are of great importance for applications in various machinery and transportation system, espe‐ cially in aerospace and automobile products due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and superior physical and chemical performances. However, their poor tribological properties, such as low wear resistance, high ...

Current theories assume that the amphiphilicity of biological membranes is always preserved. We observed that two hydrogen-bonding lipid layers in contact can spontaneously and reversibly lose their amphiphilic structure and turn into an assembly of oily complexes. This result opens a new angle for understanding the reorganization of lipids during membrane fusion, since similar complexes could ...

in the past 30 years, electroless nickel (en) plating has grown to such proportions that these coatingsand their applications are now found underground, in outer space, and in a myriad of areas inbetween. moreover, in order to further improve the mechanical and tribological properties of thenickel-phosphorous (ni-p) coatings, ni-p/ptfe composite coatings can be obtained, which provideseven grea...