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Since the term “superlubricity” was put forward at the beginning of 1990s, it has become one of the hottest researches in tribology due to it being close linked to the energy problems. Recently, the International Workshop on “Superlubricity: Fundamental and Applications” was successfully held on 19–20 October 2015 in Beijing, which has attracted many researchers in this field. The recent scientific results in both solid superlubricity and liquid superlubricity have been presented according to these invited wonderful lectures and posters. In the communication, we gave an introduction to the Workshop on Superlubricity, and also summarized the new achievements of superlubricity during recent years according to these reports. Finally, the problems of superlubricity mechanism and the future development direction of superlubricity are discussed.
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Jun XU. She received the B.S. degree in physics from Henan Normal University in 2003, the M.S. degree in condensed matter physics from Henan University in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Tsinghua University in 2012. After a two-year post-doctoral work at State Key Laboratory of Tribology of Tsinghua University, she is currently a communication editor of the journal Friction. Dr. Xu has published 6 papers indexed by SCI and 2 papers indexed by EI on international journals as the first author.
Jinjin LI. He received the BS degree in mechanical engineering from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2009, and the PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 2014. Dr. Li is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He has published more than 12 papers indexed by SCI as the first author. His major research areas include liquid superlubricity and nano-lubrication.
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Xu, J., Li, J. New achievements in superlubricity from international workshop on superlubricity: fundamental and applications. Friction 3, 344–351 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-015-0100-8
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