Scalable and sustainable synthesis of carbon dots from biomass as efficient friction modifiers for polyethylene glycol synthetic oil

• Main Authors: Mou, Zihao, Yang, Qingbin, Zhao, Bin, Li, Xiaoqin, Xu, Yanxue, Gao, Taotao, Zheng, Han, Zhou, Kun, Xiao, Dan
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Biomass Source; Carbon Dots
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159951
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Carbon dots (CDs) have lately inspired extensive interest in tribology, especially in the field of friction modifiers. However, it remains an enormous challenge to obtain satisfactory compatibility between CDs and base oils without laborious and tedious chemical modifications. In this work, for the...