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Research project

Green Tribology

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Wood

Professor of Surface Engand Tribology

Research interests

  • the application of lubrication, wear and friction science
  • current and next generation critical machine components (bearings, transmissions, turbines, pumps)
  • renewable energy systems
Connect with Robert

Email: r.wood@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Philip Bartlett

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Electrochemistry
  • Bioelectrochemistry
  • Templated electrodeposition of nanomaterials
Connect with Philip

Email: P.N.Bartlett@soton.ac.uk

Professor Julian Wharton

Professor
Connect with Julian

Email: J.A.Wharton@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Developments in erosion-corrosion over the past 10 years
Charles Burson-Thomas & Robert Wood, 2017, Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion, 3(14)
DOI: 10.1007/s40735-017-0073-4
Type: article
The performance of mixed manufacturer metal on metal total hip replacements
Richard Cook, Jeremy Latham & Robert Wood, 2017, Reconstructive Review, 7(2), 1-8
DOI: 10.15438/rr.7.2.165
Type: article
The rotating cylinder electrode for studies of corrosion engineering and protection of metals—an illustrated review
Frank Walsh, Gareth Kear, Ayssar H. Nahle, Julian Wharton & Luis Fernando Arenas Martinez, 2017, Corrosion Science, 123, 1-20
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2017.03.024
Type: review
Active gas replenishment and sensing of the wetting state in a submerged superhydrophobic surface
Ben Lloyd, Philip Bartlett & Robert Wood, 2017, Soft Matter, 13(7), 1413-1419
DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02820A
Type: article
Influence of fatty acid methyl ester composition on tribological properties of vegetable oils and duck fat derived biodiesel
S.H. Hamdan, W.W.F. Chong, Jo-Han Ng, M.J. Ghazali & R.J.K. Wood, 2016, Tribology International
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2016.12.008
Type: article