TY - JOUR A1 - Qi, H. A1 - Zhang, G. A1 - Wetzel, B. A1 - Wang, T. A1 - Wang, Q. A1 - Ă–sterle, Werner T1 - Exploring the influence of counterpart materials on tribological behaviors of epoxy composites T2 - Tribology International N2 - The dependence of the friction and wear of epoxy (EP) composites materials on counterpart materials, such as standard bearing steel, medium carbon steel and chrome-plating (Cr), was investigated. The conventional composite filled with short carbon fiber (SCF) and graphite shows the highest tribological performance when rubbing against Cr, whereas, the hybrid nanocomposite (EP filled with SCF, graphite and silica nanoparticles) exhibits the lowest friction and wear when sliding against the standard bearing steel. The role of nanoparticles in the tribological performance is distinctly different when sliding against with various counterpart materials. It is demonstrated that counterpart materials exert an important influence on material transfer, tribo-oxidation and mechanical mixing of wear products, resulting in the different formation mechanisms of transfer film. PB - Elsevier Ltd. KW - Counterpart materials KW - Transfer film KW - Epoxy composites KW - Nanoparticles PY - 2016 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/37941 AN - OPUS4-37941 VL - 103 SP - 566 EP - 573 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany