Green Tribology Biomimetics, Energy Conservation and Sustainability /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nosonovsky, Michael (Editor), Bhushan, Bharat (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Sustainable Development.

Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication. Recently, the concept of “green tribology” as “the science and technology of the tribological aspects of ecological balance and of environmental and biological impacts” was introduced. The field of green tribology includes tribological techno...