• Best Review Papers

Origin of superlubricity of diamond-like carbon (DLC)

Seokhoon Jang, Zhe Chen & Seong H. Kim

Friction 13(1), 9440995 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440995

Techniques for surface charge measurements and exploring contact electrification

Shiquan Lin, Chi Zhang & Tianmin Shao

Friction 13(2), 9440968 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440968

Carbon-based solid lubricants: An overview

Jose Daniel Biasoli de Mello

Friction 13(1), 9441017 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9441017

Tribology in China

Zhongrong Zhou

Friction 13(1), 9440994 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440994

• Best Research Papers

Superior wear performance of CoCrNi matrix composite reinforced with quasi-continuously networked graphene nanosheets and in-situ carbide

Wenting Ye, Mingda Xie, Qing Zhou, Biao Chen, Yixue Li, Lei Jia, Haifeng Wang & Weimin Liu

Friction 13(8), 9441001 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9441001

Contact mechanics and friction: Role of adhesion

Valentin L. Popov, Qiang Li & Iakov A. Lyashenko

Friction 13(1), 9440964 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440964

Smart polymer self-lubricating material: Optimal structure of porous polyimide with base oils for super-low friction and wear

Chunjian Duan, Dongwei Li, Jiawei Gu, Chuanping Gao, Shengmao Zhang, Pingyu Zhang, Jun Xu, Chao Wang, Tingmei Wang & Qihua Wang

Friction 13(8), 9441007 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9441007

Interface characteristics of textured composite solid lubricant coating to improve the tribological performance of TC4

Shaoqian Qin, Xiaoliang Shi, Yuchun Huang, Kaipeng Zhang, Qipeng Huang & Chaohua Wu

Friction 13(5), 9440942 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440942

Whole course oil-based superlubricity for polyetheretherketone-bearing steel sliding pair by introducing tribocatalytically active dialkyl-dithiophosphoric-modified copper nanoparticles in poly-alpha olefin oil

Jiajing Wang, Chuanping Gao, Chunjian Duan, Guangbin Yang, Jingyi Ma, Laigui Yu, Shengmao Zhang, Pingyu Zhang & Zhijun Zhang

Friction 13(5), 9440954 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440954

Insight into remarkable oil superlubricity enabled by polyether-modified silicone oil on engineering steel

Qiang Ma, Chengpeng Yan, Xin Xu, Meidi Liang, Ke Hua & Haifeng Wang

Friction 13(9), 9441034 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9441034

Mechanisms of MoS₂ dry film lubricant behavior at low temperatures

Abrar Faiyad, Fakhrul H. Bhuiyan, Azhar Vellore, Duval A. Johnson, Andrew Kennett & Ashlie Martini

Friction 13(4), 9441020 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9441020

Understanding the friction laws of Amontons and Coulomb by evaluating the real contact area

Mitjan Kalin & Petra Jan

Friction 13(1), 9440986 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440986

Tribocorrosion behavior at the taper-trunnion interface of artificial hip prostheses with different femoral head materials

Yali Zhang, Jian Pu, Wen Shi, Shu Yang, Xiaogang Zhang & Zhongmin Jin

Friction 13(11), 9440985 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440985

Superlubrication of poly-α-olefin-8 (PAO8) enabled by MXene/PI coating

Peng Wei, Xin Hou, Shimao Han, Xiangli Wen, Xue Zhou, Yan Meng, Luo Yue, Hui Zhao, Gang Wen, Hui Cao, Pengpeng Bai & Yu Tian

Friction 13(6), 9440967 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440967

Effect of boundary slips on thermal EHL in simple sliding finite line contact considering limiting shearing stress

Mingyu Zhang, Jing Wang & C. H. Venner

Friction 13(4), 9440944 (2025). https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440944

• Excellent Contributing Editorial Board Members

Prof. Dongfeng Diao

Shenzhen University, China

Prof. Daniele Dini

Imperial College London, UK

Prof. Roland Larsson

Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Prof. Chenhui Zhang

Tsinghua University, China

• Excellent Contributing Youth Editorial Board Members

Prof. Jian Song

Sun Yat-sen University, China

Prof. Christian Greiner

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

• Excellent Reviewers

Prof. Ramin Aghababaei

Aarhus University, Denmark

Prof. Daniel Bonn

University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Prof. Marcus Björling

Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Prof. Kai Chen

China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou), China

Prof. Sisi Chen

Jiangsu University, China

Prof. Xiang Chen

Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

Prof. Qingwen Dai

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Prof. Tianyi Han

Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Hyun-Joon Kim

Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea

Prof. Hiroyuki Kousaka

Gifu University, China

Prof. Mariusz Leus

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland

Prof. Xingxin Liang

Wuhan University of Technology, China

Prof. Wengen Ouyang

Wuhan University, China

Prof. Lars Pastewka

University of Freiburg, Germany

Prof. Debashis Puhan

University of Cambridge, UK

Prof. Haojie Song

Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China

Prof. Markus Valtiner

Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Prof. Yongfu Wang

Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Bin Zhang

Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China

Prof. Jun Zhao

Beijing Institute of Technology, China