A Review of Ionic Liquid Lubricants

Forsyth, Maria; Somers, Anthony E; Howlett, Patrick; MacFarlane, Douglas R.

doi:10.3390/lubricants1010003

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A Review of Ionic Liquid Lubricants

Author(s): Anthony Somers , Patrick Howlett , Douglas MacFarlane , Maria Forsyth

Publication date Created: December 2013

Publication date (Print): January 21 2013

Journal: Lubricants

Publisher: MDPI AG

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Ionic liquid lubricants: designed chemistry for engineering applications.

Feng Zhou, Yongmin Liang, Weimin Liu (2009)

This tutorial review outlines current state of the art research on ionic liquid lubricants. Ionic liquids (ILs) were first reported as very promising high-performance lubricants in 2001 and have attracted considerable attention in the field of tribology since then because of their remarkable lubrication and anti-wear capabilities as compared with lubrication oils in general use; in recent times we have seen dramatically increased interest in the topic. The review starts with a brief introduction to ILs and fluid lubrication, and then discusses in more detail the tribological properties of IL lubricants, either as lubrication oils, additives or thin films. As well as lubrication mechanisms, some current problems and potential solutions are tentatively discussed.