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Intelligent Solid Lubricant Materials with Failure Early-Warning Based on Triboluminescence

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In this work, triboluminescent powders (SrAl2O4: Eu2+, Dy3+) were composited with the typical graphite/epoxy solid lubricant materials, and the corresponding tribological properties and triboluminescent performance were investigated. The results suggest that the introduction of SrAl2O4: Eu2+, Dy3+ could not only maintain the friction coefficient and the wear rate of the graphite/epoxy solid lubricant materials, but also endow the composites intense triboluminescence. Based on the above results, a bilayered SrAl2O4: Eu2+, Dy3+/graphite/epoxy self-lubricating bulk material and a bilayered SrAl2O4: Eu2+, Dy3+/graphite/epoxy solid lubricant coating were developed, and the intelligent wear out early-warning was in situ achieved in the lubricant coating based on the monitoring of triboluminescence.

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This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (17JR5RA319 and 18JR3RA384), the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51805519).

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Xu, H., Wang, F., Wang, Z. et al. Intelligent Solid Lubricant Materials with Failure Early-Warning Based on Triboluminescence. Tribol Lett 67, 13 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-018-1120-0

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