Our research focuses on the investigation of elementary friction and wear processes in application-oriented mechanical systems and materials. These processes include dynamic changes of the topography, tribochemical reactions of additives and lubricants with the friction stressed surfaces and the molecular mechanisms of the action of solid lubricants. The main research areas are:

    Development of new methods for in-situ measurement of friction, topography changes and wear
    Adsorption and tribochemical reactions of additives with surfaces
    Friction reduction with solid lubricants and coatings
    Molecular mechanisms of grease lubrication
    Formation of third bodies under sliding friction and in ferret contacts

We employ the following experimental methods:

    In-situ measurement of friction and wear
    Microtribometry and UHV tribometry
    Surface analysis, such as XPS, AES, AFM, QCM, nanoindentation

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