Tribochemistry as an Alternative Synthesis Pathway Academic Article

abstract

• While reactions driven by mechanical force or stress can be labeled mechanochemical, those specifically occurring at a sliding interface inherit the name tribochemical, which stems from the study of friction and wear: tribology. Increased perception of tribochemical reactions has been gained through technological advancement, and the development of new applications remains on-going. This surprising physico-kinetic process offers great potential in novel reaction pathways for synthesis techniques and nanoparticle interactions, and it could prove to be a powerful cross-disciplinary research area among chemists, engineers, and physicists. In this review article, a survey of the history and recent usage of tribochemical reaction pathways is presented, with a focus on forging new compounds and materials with this sustainable synthesis methodology. In addition, an overview of tribochemistry’s current utility as a synthesis pathway is given and compared to that of traditional mechanochemistry.

authors

• Liang, Hong

published proceedings

• LUBRICANTS

author list (cited authors)

• Carlton, H., Huitink, D., & Liang, H.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Carlton, Hayden||Huitink, David||Liang, Hong

publication date

• August 2020

publisher

• MDPI  Publisher

published in

• Lubricants  Journal

keywords

• Mechanochemistry
• Surface Chemistry
• Tribochemistry
• Tribology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3390/lubricants8090087

start page

• 87

end page

• 87

volume

• 8

issue

• 9

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/lubricants8090087