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Stearic-Acid-Modified Graphene Oxide with High Dispersion Stability and Good Water-Lubricating Property

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In this work, stearic acid (SA) was used to improve the dispersion and tribological performance of graphene oxide (GO). The results exhibited that the SA could improve the dispersion of GO in water by the typical steric hindrance effect. As water-based lubricating additives, the GO modified by SA showed good tribological performance and load-carrying capacity, which had a low coefficient of friction and no obvious wear scar even sliding under the load of 400 mN for 2 h, indicating a long lubricating life. These superior performances were ascribed to the good dispersion of SA-modified GO in water and the synergistic effect of the excellent anti-wear property of GO and the good lubricating performance of SA.

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This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (19KJA150002), the Changzhou science and technology support plan (CE20225060), the Topnotch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Ying Wang, Zhengpeng Gu, Guanggui Cheng, Ningyi Yuan & Jianning Ding

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Wang, Y., Gu, Z., Cheng, G. et al. Stearic-Acid-Modified Graphene Oxide with High Dispersion Stability and Good Water-Lubricating Property. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 33, 2817–2823 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08182-z

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