Research project

Green Tribology

Research groups:

Electrochemistry
Lead researcher:

Professor Robert Wood
Other researchers:

Professor Philip Bartlett,

Professor Julian Wharton
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

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

Electrochemistry

A well-established world-class group researching energy charge transfer that affects many facets of life.

Research outputs

An investigation into the effect of substrate on the load-bearing capacity of thin hard coatings

Chuan Ting Wang, Timo J. Hakala, Anssi Laukkanen, Helena Ronkainen, Kenneth Holmberg, Nong Gao, Robert J.K. Wood & Terence G. Langdon, 2016, Journal of Materials Science, 51(9), 4390-4398

DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-9751-8

Type: article

Nano-scale wear characterization of CoCrMo biomedical alloys

V. Martinez-Nogues, J.M. Nesbitt, R. Wood & R. Cook, 2016, Tribology International, 93, 563-572

DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2015.03.037

Type: article

Observing early stage rail axle bearing damage

N. Symonds, I. Corni, R.J.K. Wood, Adam Wasenczuk & David Vincent, 2015, Engineering Failure Analysis, 56, 216-232

DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2015.02.008

Type: article

Miniaturized rotating disc rheometer test for rapid screening of drag reducing marine coatings

Simon Dennington, Ponkrit Mekkhunthod, Martin Rides, David Gibbs, Maria Salta, Victoria Stoodley, Julian Wharton & Paul Stoodley, 2015, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 3(3), 1-10

DOI: 10.1088/2051-672X/3/3/034004

Type: article

Wetting of surfaces made of hydrophobic cavities

Ben P. Lloyd, Philip N. Bartlett & Robert J. K. Wood, 2015, Langmuir, 31(34), 9325-9330

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02107

Type: article