Dear Colleagues,

Friction, wear and lubrication play a decisive role in the performance, reliability and energy efficiency of almost all modern technologies. From aerospace, transportation and manufacturing to space technologies, micro- and nanosystems and biomedical applications, increasingly demanding operating conditions require new tribological solutions and advanced material concepts. This Special Issue, “Friction, Wear and Lubrication of Advanced Materials”, aims to provide an open platform for contributions covering a wide spectrum of materials, length scales and applications.

We welcome experimental, theoretical and numerical studies dealing with any class of materials, including metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, coatings, thin films, soft matter and hybrid systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: friction and wear mechanisms, surface engineering and texturing, environmentally friendly lubricants and additives, solid and liquid lubrication, bio-inspired and multifunctional surfaces, as well as in situ and advanced characterization methods, quantitative wear assessment, probabilistic or statistical descriptions of surface topography, modelling and data-driven or AI-assisted approaches.

By bringing together results from different disciplines and application areas, this Special Issue seeks to stimulate cross-fertilization of ideas and support the development of next-generation tribological systems for sustainable engineering.

Dr. Wiesław A. Graboń
Dr. Thomas G. Mathia
Dr. Gilmar Ferreira Batalha
Guest Editors

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