From STFC news, 4 December 2013
In times where cracking down on energy consumption, cutting emissions and saving resources are central environmental concerns – enhanced lubricants, with the potential to increase operating efficiency in many systems, are attracting global interest. In a recent study a collaboration of scientists from the BP Institute, at the University of Cambridge (Dr Stuart Clarke), and Queen Mary’s University of London (Dr Ali Zarbakhsh) have used neutron reflectometry to look at lubricant additives and their interactions with iron, a common engineering material, to discover how these molecules function. Read more >>
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