1. Tribology of Skin: Review and Analysis of Experimental Results for the Friction Coefficient of Human Skin

   • S. Derler
   • L.-C. Gerhardt

   Review (by invitation only) 29 October 2011 Pages: 1 - 27

   

2. An Experimental Investigation of Semi-Interpenetrating Network Ceramic Skeleton-Reinforced Al-Alloy Composites Dry Sliding Against Cr12 Die Steel

   • Shao Yang Zhang
   • Ai Jiao Xue
   • Hai Bo Wang

   Original Paper 20 September 2011 Pages: 29 - 36

   

3. Modeling Sliding Contact of Rough Surfaces with Molecularly Thin Lubricants

   • Antonis I. Vakis
   • Andreas A. Polycarpou

   Original Paper 20 September 2011 Pages: 37 - 48

   

4. Dry Sliding Friction and Wear Behaviour of an Electron Beam Melted Hypereutectic Al–Si Alloy

   • J. C. Walker
   • J. Murray
   • A. T. Clare

   Original Paper 20 September 2011 Pages: 49 - 58

   

5. Tribological Behaviour of Pure Ti with a Nanocrystalline Surface Layer Under Different Loads

   • M. Wen
   • C. Wen
   • Y. C. Li

   Original Paper 22 September 2011 Pages: 59 - 66

   

6. Novel Alkylborate–Dithiocarbamate Lubricant Additives: Synthesis and Tribophysical Characterization

   • Faiz Ullah Shah
   • Sergei Glavatskih
   • Oleg N. Antzutkin

   Original Paper 22 September 2011 Pages: 67 - 78

   

7. Design of Low Wear Polymer Composites

   • Patrick Y. Chiu
   • Jennifer R. Vail
   • Susan B. Sinnott

   Original Paper 24 September 2011 Pages: 79 - 87

   

8. Pressure–Viscosity Coefficients for Polyalkylene Glycol Oils and Other Ester or Ionic Lubricants

   • X. Paredes
   • O. Fandiño
   • J. Fernández

   Original Paper 30 September 2011 Pages: 89 - 100

   

9. Effect of SiC Particle Size on Wear Properties of Al₂O₃·SiO₂/SiC/Mg Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites

   • S. K. Jo
   • W. J. Lee
   • I. M. Park

   Original Paper 30 September 2011 Pages: 101 - 107

   

10. The Tribological Behaviour of Fe–28Al–5Cr/TiC Under Liquid Paraffine Lubrication

    • Xinghua Zhang
    • Jun Yang
    • Weimin Liu

    Original Paper 02 October 2011 Pages: 109 - 116

    

11. Bonding Mechanism of Perfluoropolyether Lubricant Film with Functional Endgroup on Magnetic Disks by Ultraviolet Irradiation

    • H. Tani
    • H. Kitagawa
    • N. Tagawa

    Original Paper 02 October 2011 Pages: 117 - 122

    

12. Mechanical Properties and Wear Behavior of the White Layer

    • Dae-Hyun Cho
    • Sung-Ae Lee
    • Young-Ze Lee

    Original Paper 08 October 2011 Pages: 123 - 129

    

13. Real Time TEM Imaging of Compression and Shear of Single Fullerene-Like MoS₂ Nanoparticle

    • Imène Lahouij
    • Fabrice Dassenoy
    • Jean-Michel Martin

    Original Paper 19 October 2011 Pages: 131 - 141

    

14. Tribological Properties of Arc-Evaporated NbAlN Hard Coatings

    • R. Franz
    • M. Lechthaler
    • C. Mitterer

    Original Paper 21 October 2011 Pages: 143 - 152

    

15. Dry Sliding Wear of Active Screen Plasma Carburised Austenitic Stainless Steel

    • S. Corujeira Gallo
    • X. Li
    • H. Dong

    Original Paper 25 October 2011 Pages: 153 - 160

    

16. Atomic-Scale Wear in UHV: Connection Between AFM Induced-Abrasion and Debris Recrystallization

    • Mario D’Acunto

    Original Paper Open access 03 November 2011 Pages: 161 - 175

    

17. Design of a New Tribometer for Tribological and Viscoelasticity Studies of PTFE Valve Seats

    • M. C. Ben Jemaa
    • R. Mnif
    • R. Elleuch

    Original Paper 14 October 2011 Pages: 177 - 184

    

18. Optical In Situ Micro Tribometer for Analysis of Real Contact Area for Contact Mechanics, Adhesion, and Sliding Experiments

    • Brandon A. Krick
    • Jennifer R. Vail
    • W. Gregory Sawyer

    Original Paper 30 October 2011 Pages: 185 - 194

    

19. Application of Spectroscopic Reflectometry to Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Films Study

    • V. Čudek
    • I. Křupka
    • M. Hartl

    Original Paper 30 October 2011 Pages: 195 - 205

    

20. In Situ Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR/FT-IR) Tribometry: A Powerful Tool for Investigating Tribochemistry at the Lubricant–Substrate Interface

    • Filippo Mangolini
    • Antonella Rossi
    • Nicholas D. Spencer

    Methods Paper 11 October 2011 Pages: 207 - 218

    

21. Nanoscale Mapping of Frictional Anisotropy

    • Marcello Campione
    • Silvia Trabattoni
    • Massimo Moret

    Methods Paper 15 October 2011 Pages: 219 - 224

    

22. Comment on “A Note on the Two-Spring Tomlinson Model”

    • Yalin Dong
    • Ashlie Martini

    Commentary 30 October 2011 Pages: 225 - 226

    

23. Reply to the “Comment on: A Note on the Two-Spring Tomlinson Model”

    • Pin Lu
    • Sean J. O’Shea

    Response to the Commentary 03 November 2011 Pages: 227 - 228