New Paper: “Precise Correlation of Contact Area and Forces in the Unstable Friction between a Rough Fluoroelastomer Surface and Borosilicate Glass”

Last year I had the privilege of hosting the now Dr. Chao Wang in my lab to use our optical in situ microtribometer to study the stick-slip behavior of seal elastomers. He obtained a supporting fellowship from the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, and used this work toward his PhD in Polymer Tribology from Montanuniversität Leoben. […]