Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials Tribology and Applications /

• Main Authors: Ermakov, Sergey F. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Myshkin, Nikolai K. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 267
• Subjects: Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Nanotechnology.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Polymers .; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Polymer Sciences.

This book discusses the tribological, rheological and optical properties of liquid-crystal nanomaterials as well as lubricant media. It also describes the formation of liquid-crystal materials and the application of cholesteric liquid-crystal compounds in technical friction units and in human and an...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Structure and Properties of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials
• Tribology and Lubrication of Solids
• Engineering and Technique of Experimental Tests of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials
• Tribological Properties of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials
• Practical Application of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials in Engineering and Medicine
• Conclusions.