1. Experimental Study of Material Pick Up on Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) Heads

   • Shaomin Xiong
   • Robert Smith
   • Qing Dai

   Original Paper 15 May 2021 Article: 77

   

2. Publishing Science in Tribology: The Past, Present and Future of Tribology Letters

   • Ashlie Martini
   • David L. Burris
   • Nicholas D. Spencer

   Invited Viewpoint Open access 13 May 2021 Article: 76

3. The Influence of Steel Composition on the Formation and Effectiveness of Anti-wear Films in Tribological Contacts

   • Konstantinos Pagkalis
   • Hugh Spikes
   • Amir Kadiric

   Original Paper Open access 12 May 2021 Article: 75

   

4. Correction to: Friction and Plasticity in Contacts Between Amorphous Solids

   • Binquan Luan
   • Mark O. Robbins

   Correction 12 May 2021 Article: 74

   

5. Prediction of Optimal Process Parameters in Tribocorrosion Inhibition of Steel Pipes Using Response Surface Methodology

   • Jitendra Narayan Panda
   • Edwin Yanez Orquera
   • Philip Egberts

   Original Paper 11 May 2021 Article: 73

   

6. An Assessment of the Effect of Relative Humidity on the Decomposition of the ZDDP Antiwear Additive

   • Abdel Dorgham
   • Abdullah Azam
   • Anne Neville

   Original Paper Open access 08 May 2021 Article: 72

   

7. Enhanced Frictional Properties of NiO-Based Nanocomposites with the Addition of GDC

   • Jooho Park
   • Minwoo Ahn
   • YoungZe Lee

   Original Paper 07 May 2021 Article: 71

   

8. Multiscale Friction Simulation of Dry Polymer Contacts: Reaching Experimental Length Scales by Coupling Molecular Dynamics and Contact Mechanics

   • Daniele Savio
   • Jannik Hamann
   • Michael Moseler

   Original Paper 06 May 2021 Article: 70

   

9. Atomic Origins of Friction Reduction in Metal Alloys

   • Shengfeng Cheng
   • Michael Chandross

   Original Paper 06 May 2021 Article: 69

   

10. Effects of the Velocity Sequences on the Friction and Wear Performance of PEEK-Based Materials

    • Leyu Lin
    • Yuxiao Zhao
    • Alois K. Schlarb

    Original Paper Open access 06 May 2021 Article: 68

    

11. A Simple Analysis of Texture-Induced Friction Reduction Based on Surface Roughness Ratio

    • Jiaxin Ye
    • Jiazhou Xuan
    • Kun Liu

    Tribology Methods 03 May 2021 Article: 67

    

12. The Removal Mechanism of Monocrystalline Si in the Process of Double Diamond Abrasive Polishing by Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    • Houfu Dai
    • Haixia Yue
    • Ping Li

    Original Paper 26 April 2021 Article: 66

    

13. Highly Swollen Adsorption Layer Formed by Polymeric Friction Modifier Providing Low Friction at Higher Temperature

    • Naoki Yamashita
    • Tomoko Hirayama
    • Takehisa Sato

    Original Paper 26 April 2021 Article: 65

    

14. Avalanches in the Athermal Quasistatic Limit of Sheared Amorphous Solids: An Atomistic Perspective

    • Céline Ruscher
    • Jörg Rottler

    Original Paper 26 April 2021 Article: 64

    

15. Influences of Structural Relaxation and Crystallization on Dry-Sliding Tribological Behavior of Fe-Based Amorphous Coating

    • Yonghai Kang
    • Youming Chen
    • Lingqian Kong

    Original Paper 26 April 2021 Article: 63

    

16. Influence of Steel Surface Composition on ZDDP Tribofilm Growth Using Ion Implantation

    • Mao Ueda
    • Amir Kadiric
    • Hugh Spikes

    Original Paper Open access 23 April 2021 Article: 62

    

17. Effect of Compatibilizers on the Structure and Dynamics at Polymer Blend Interfaces

    • Shoumik Saha
    • Di Xu
    • Dilip Gersappe

    Original Paper 23 April 2021 Article: 61

    

18. Gluten Adhesion and Shearing in a Contact-Based Coarse-Grained Model

    • Łukasz Mioduszewski
    • Marek Cieplak

    Original Paper Open access 20 April 2021 Article: 60

    

19. Stress Relaxation of Comb Polymer Melts

    • Sidath Wijesinghe
    • Dvora Perahia
    • Gary S. Grest

    Original Paper 15 April 2021 Article: 59

    

20. Experimental Evidence on the Enhancement of Bearing Load Capacity by Localised Boundary Slip Effect

    • B. W. Sun
    • L. Chen
    • P. L. Wong

    Original Paper 13 April 2021 Article: 58

    

21. Laser Cladding Treatment for Refurbishing Disc Brake Rotors: Environmental and Tribological Analysis

    • Ulf Olofsson
    • Yezhe Lyu
    • Stefano Gialanella

    Original Paper Open access 10 April 2021 Article: 57

    

22. Lubricant Effects on Articular Cartilage Sliding Biomechanics Under Physiological Fluid Load Support

    • Margot S. Farnham
    • Kyla F. Ortved
    • Christopher Price

    Original Paper 10 April 2021 Article: 56

    

23. Molecular Dynamics-Based Cohesive Law for Epoxy–Graphene Interfaces

    • Jiadi Fan
    • Alexandros Anastassiou
    • Ellad B. Tadmor

    Original Paper 09 April 2021 Article: 55

    

24. Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Nitrile Rubber Reinforced by Nano-SiO₂: Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    • Xueshen Liu
    • Xincong Zhou
    • Jian Huang

    Original Paper 09 April 2021 Article: 54

    

25. A Method for Tribological Measurements of Coated Abrasives using a Rheometer

    • Andreas Gammelgård
    • Jessica Tuuf
    • Margareta Björklund-Sänkiaho

    Tribology Methods Open access 09 April 2021 Article: 53

    

26. Molecular Dynamics Examination of Sliding History-Dependent Adhesion in Si–Si Nanocontacts: Connecting Friction, Wear, Bond Formation, and Interfacial Adhesion

    • J. David Schall
    • Zachary B. Milne
    • Judith A. Harrison

    Original Paper 09 April 2021 Article: 52

    

27. Friction and Plasticity in Contacts Between Amorphous Solids

    • Binquan Luan
    • Mark O. Robbins

    Original Paper 09 April 2021 Article: 51

    

28. Time-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at the Nanoscale

    • Mohammad R. Vazirisereshk
    • Saima A. Sumaiya
    • Ashlie Martini

    Original Paper Open access 09 April 2021 Article: 50

    

29. Tribological Interaction of Plasma-Functionalized CaCO₃ Nanoparticles with Zinc and Ashless Dithiophosphate Additives

    • Kimaya Vyavhare
    • Richard B. Timmons
    • Pranesh B. Aswath

    Original Paper 05 April 2021 Article: 49

    

30. On the Effect of Shear Loading Rate on Contact Area Shrinking in Adhesive Soft Contacts

    • Antonio Papangelo

    Original Paper Open access 02 April 2021 Article: 48

    

31. Improved Load-Bearing Capacity and Tribological Properties of PTFE Coatings Induced by Surface Texturing and the Addition of GO

    • Zeda Chen
    • Zhibin Wu
    • Fenghua Su

    Original Paper 29 March 2021 Article: 47

    

32. Friction Laws for Saturated/Unsaturated Fatty Acid Layers

    • Fadlallah Abouhadid
    • Alexia Crespo
    • Juliette Cayer-Barrioz

    Original Paper 24 March 2021 Article: 46

    

33. Investigation of the Tribological Performances of Graphene and WS₂ Nanosheets as Additives for Perfluoroalkylpolyethers Under Simulated Space Environment

    • Jia Ren
    • Kuiliang Gong
    • Xiaobo Wang

    Original Paper Open access 22 March 2021 Article: 45

    

34. Ultra-Low Friction of Graphene/Honeycomb Borophene Heterojunction

    • Yuanpu Xu
    • Ziwen Cheng
    • Guangan Zhang

    Original Paper 21 March 2021 Article: 44

    

35. Contact Stiffness Model of Joint Surface Considering Continuous Smooth Characteristics and Asperity Interaction

    • Ling Li
    • Jingjing Wang
    • Anjiang Cai

    Original Paper 11 March 2021 Article: 43

    

36. Rubber Wear and the Role of Transfer Films on Rubber Friction on Hard Rough Substrates

    • A. Tiwari
    • N. Miyashita
    • B. N. J. Persson

    Original Paper Open access 09 March 2021 Article: 42

    

37. Articular Cartilage Inspired the Construction of LTi–DA–PVA Composite Structure with Excellent Surface Wettability and Low Friction Performance

    • Lingling Cui
    • Junyue Chen
    • Dangsheng Xiong

    Original Paper 05 March 2021 Article: 41

    

38. Editors’ Note

    News 03 March 2021 Article: 40

39. Impact of Sliding Speed on the Tribological Behaviors of Cermet and Steel Balls Sliding Against SiC Lubricated with Seawater

    • Fanglong Yin
    • Yang Wang
    • Songlin Nie

    Original Paper 02 March 2021 Article: 39

    

40. Study of Nanoscale Wear of SiC/Al Nanocomposites Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    • Zhihua Yin
    • Pengzhe Zhu
    • Baozhen Li

    Original Paper 01 March 2021 Article: 38

    

41. A New Film Parameter for Rough Surface EHL Contacts with Anisotropic and Isotropic Structures

    • Jonny Hansen
    • Marcus Björling
    • Roland Larsson

    Original Paper Open access 22 February 2021 Article: 37

    

42. A Pin-on-Disk Tribometer for Friction and Lubricating Performance in mm-Scale

    • Jian Wu
    • Tonggang Liu
    • Knut Sørby

    Tribology Methods 21 February 2021 Article: 36

    

43. Microscopic Tribology of ADC12 Alloy Under Lubricant Containing ZDDP and MoDTC Using In Situ AFM

    • Prashant Mittal
    • Himanshu Rai
    • Nitya Nand Gosvami

    Original Paper 20 February 2021 Article: 35

    

44. Effect of Water Temperature on Tribological Performance of B₄C-SiC Ceramics under Water Lubrication

    • Wei Zhang
    • Xiaoyu Chen
    • Hideki Kita

    Original Paper 20 February 2021 Article: 34

    

45. Experimental Research on Sliding Friction of Dense Dry Particles Lubricated Between Parallel Plates

    • Fanjing Meng
    • Huabo Liu
    • Minghua Pang

    Original Paper 18 February 2021 Article: 33

    

46. Inducing High-Energy-Barrier Tribochemical Reaction Pathways; Acetic Acid Decomposition on Copper

    • Resham Rana
    • Robert Bavisotto
    • Wilfred T. Tysoe

    Original Paper 17 February 2021 Article: 32

    

47. Table Tennis: Effect of Humidity on Racket Rubber Tribology

    • Y. Wu
    • A. Varenberg
    • M. Varenberg

    Original Paper 17 February 2021 Article: 31

    

48. Friction Force During Lubricated Steady Sliding of a Rigid Cylinder on a Viscoelastic Substrate

    • Chung-Yuen Hui
    • Haibin Wu
    • Constantine Khripin

    Original Paper 17 February 2021 Article: 30