Liquid Crystals in Biotribology
Ermakov, Sergey / Beletskii, Alexandr / Eismont, Oleg / Nikolaev, Vladimir
This book summarizes the theoretical and experimental studies confirming the concept of the liquid-crystalline nature of boundary lubrication in synovial joints. It is shown that cholesteric liquid crystals in the synovial liquid play a significant role in the mechanism of intra-articular friction reduction. The results of structural, rheological and tribological research of the creation of artificial synovial liquids - containing cholesteric ...
