Tribology Letters - Mark Robbins, In Memoriam
2020 marked the untimely passing of a giant in the world of tribology: Mark Robbins. Mark was a pioneer in the atomic/molecular-scale analysis of a host of complex physical systems, including many that lie at the heart of our field. As a tribute to Mark's life and work, Tribology Letters has organized a Topical Collection: Mark Robbins, in memoriam. Under the guest editorship of Martin Müser, himself a former collaborator of Mark, this Collection will ultimately consist of some 25 articles by Mark's friends and colleagues, many of whom are themselves leaders in various areas of tribology and related disciplines.
Prof. Mark Robbins
(Photo courtesy of Nicholas Spencer)
The collection can be found here.
Collected Articles
Editorial: In Memory of Mark Robbins
Martin H. Müser
Structurally Driven Environmental Degradation of Friction in MoS2 Films
John F. Curry, Taisuke Ohta, Frank W. DelRio, Philip Mantos, Morgan R. Jones, Tomas F. Babuska, N. Scott Bobbitt, Nicolas Argibay, Brandon A. Krick, Michael T. Dugger & Michael Chandross
Controlling the Friction of Gels by Regulating Interfacial Oxygen During Polymerization
Rok Simič & Nicholas D. Spencer
QCM Study of Tribotronic Control in Ionic Liquids and Nanoparticle Suspensions
C. M. Seed, B. Acharya & J. Krim
J. C. S. Kadupitiya & Vikram Jadhao
Distribution of Gaps and Adhesive Interaction Between Contacting Rough Surfaces
Joseph M. Monti, Antoine Sanner & Lars Pastewka
S. J. Eder, P. G. Grützmacher, M. Rodríguez Ripoll & J. F. Belak
Daniele Savio, Jannik Hamann, Pedro A. Romero, Christoph Klingshirn, Ravindrakumar Bactavatchalou, Martin Dienwiebel & Michael Moseler
Atomic Origins of Friction Reduction in Metal Alloys
Shengfeng Cheng, Michael Chandross
Avalanches in the Athermal Quasistatic Limit of Sheared Amorphous Solids: An Atomistic Perspective
Céline Ruscher, Jörg Rottler
Effect of Compatibilizers on the Structure and Dynamics at Polymer Blend Interfaces
Shoumik Saha, Di Xu, Dilip Gersappe
Gluten Adhesion and Shearing in a Contact-Based Coarse-Grained Model
Łukasz Mioduszewski, Marek Cieplak
Stress Relaxation of Comb Polymer Melts
Sidath Wijesinghe, Dvora Perahia, Ting Ge, K. Michael Salerno, Gary S. Grest
Molecular Dynamics-Based Cohesive Law for Epoxy–Graphene Interfaces
Jiadi Fan, Alexandros Anastassiou, Christopher W. Macosko, Ellad B. Tadmor
J. David Schall, Zachary B. Milne, Robert W. Carpick, Judith A. Harrison
Friction and Plasticity in Contacts Between Amorphous Solids
Binquan Luan, Mark O. Robbins
Time-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at the Nanoscale
Mohammad R. Vazirisereshk, Saima A. Sumaiya, Rimei Chen, Mehmet Z. Baykara & Ashlie Martin
Friction Laws for Saturated/Unsaturated Fatty Acid Layers
Fadlallah Abouhadid, Alexia Crespo, Nazario Morgado, Denis Mazuyer, Juliette Cayer-Barrioz
Inducing High-Energy-Barrier Tribochemical Reaction Pathways; Acetic Acid Decomposition on Copper
Resham Rana, Robert Bavisotto, Nicholas Hopper, Wilfred T. Tysoe
Friction Force During Lubricated Steady Sliding of a Rigid Cylinder on a Viscoelastic Substrate
Chung-Yuen Hui, Haibin Wu, Anand Jagota, Constantine Khripin
Contributions of Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication
James P. Ewen, Hugh A. Spikes, Daniele Dini
Cylinder-Flat Contact Mechanics with Surface Roughness
A. Tiwari, B. N. J. Persson
Anle Wang, Martin H. Müser