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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2024

Pyrylium- and Pyridinium-Based Ionic Liquids as Friction Modifiers for Greases.

Miguel A Chacon-Teran, Cinderella Moustafa, Joanne Luu, Ashlie Martini, Michael Findlater

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Miguel A Chacon-TeranDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4102-7210
Cinderella MoustafaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States.
Joanne LuuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States.
Ashlie MartiniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2017-6081
Michael FindlaterDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3738-4039

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Abstract

The use of ionic liquids (ILs) as lubricants or additives has been studied extensively over the past few decades. However, the ILs considered for lubricant applications have been part of a limited structural class of phosphonium- or imidazolium-type compounds. Here, new pyrylium- and pyridinium-based ILs bearing long alkyl chains were prepared and evaluated as friction- and wear-reducing additives in naphthenic greases. The physical properties of the synthetic ILs and additized naphthenic grease were measured. The tribological performance of the greases was measured by using standard benchtop tests. The addition of ILs was detrimental to wear, causing an increase in the amount of material removed by sliding relative to the base greases in most cases. In contrast, the friction performance improved under nearly all conditions tested due to the IL additives. The compatibility of the synthetic ILs with the naphthenic greases and its potential influence upon miscibility and tribological performance are tentatively proposed to be a result of the molecular structure.

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antiwear additivefriction modifiergreasesionic liquidspyridiniumpyrylium

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PMID38427334
PMCPMC10941177

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