Generation and Characterization of Microscopic Surface Structures in Wearing Systems (B08)

• Subject Area: Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 172116086

The work program includes the continuing development and the application of the prototypical microstructures generated so far. We plan both the further high-precision structuring of the micro-platforms and the manufacturing of new intrinsic asperity structures via mask technologies and sputtering as well. Those structures are used to study tribo-induced modifications of the surface morphology and their impact on the tribological properties vice versa. Particularly phase transformation processes and tribo-film generation will be of interest. Finally it is intended to demonstrate how this can be used to control friction and wear in macroscopic friction systems.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 926: Microscale Morphology of Component Surfaces (MICOS)
• Applicant Institution: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Michael Kopnarski