PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF LIQUID-CRYSTAL NANOMATERIALS 1.1. Classification and Structure of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials 1.2. Mesomorphous and Optical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials 1.3. Physical Anisotropy and Application of Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials 2.
TRIBOLOGY AND LUBRICATION OF SOLIDS 2.1. Modern Antifriction and Antiwear Additives in Tribology (Passive Friction Control) 2.2. Present-Day Advances in Control of Antifriction Behavior of Solids (Active Friction Control) 2.3. Effect of Lattice-Ordered Lubricant Film on Friction of Solids 2.3.
1. Structure of Fine Fluid Layers on the Solid Body Contact 2.3.2. Surface Forces in Fine Fluid Interlayers 2.3.3. Effects Observed During Deformation of Structured Boundary Layers 2.
3.4. The Concept of the Micropolar Fluid and Related Hydrodynamic Effects 2.4. Tribology of Synovial Joints - Unique Natural Rubbing Organs 2.4.1. General Concepts of Joints Friction, Wear and Lubrication 2.
4.2. Conceptual Approaches to the Explanation of Low Friction in the Joints 3. ENGINEERING AND TECHNIQUE OF EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF LIQUID-CRYSTAL NANONATERIALS 3.1. Triboengineering Tests 3.1.1.
Triboengineering Tests on Standard Equipment 3.1.2. Integral-Counting Method for Estimation of Small Variations of Oscillation Parameters for High-Precision Tribometry 3.1.3. Experimental Setup for the Simulation of Friction Processes in Natural Rubbing Organs - Joints 3.1.
4. Tribometric Equipment for Precision Tests of Metal- and Biopolymer Coupling 3.2. Methods to Determine the Structuring Additives and Their Content in the Basic Compositions 3.2.1. Infrared Spectroscopy 3.2.
2. Determin ation of the Concentration of the Liquid Crystal Additive in the Base Compositions by Measuring a Rotation Angle of Polarization Plane 3.2.3. Development of Methods and Equipment to Control the Mesophase of Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials and Their Compounds 4. TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID-CRYSTAL NANOMATERIALS 4.1. Influence of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials on Frictional Interaction of Chemically-Inactive Materials 4.
2. Influence of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials on Friction of Metal Coupling 4.3. Adsorptive Properties of Liquid-Crystal Compounds 4.3.1. Interaction of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials with Hard Surface under the Condition of Static Contact 4.3.
2. Triboinduced Adsorption of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials under Frictional Interaction of Solids 4.4. The Role of Liquid-Crystal Additives in Mechanism of Friction, Wear and Lubrication of Tribocouples 4.5. Diagnostics of Liquid-Crystal Cholesterol Compounds in Lubricants by Optical Methods 4.6. Lubricity of Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials and Their Mixtures Depending on the Temperature 5.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LIQUID-CRYSTAL NANOMATERIAL IN ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE 5.1. Application of Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials when Running-in of Internal-Combustion Engines 5.2. Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials as Antiwear Engine Oil Additives 5.3. Assessment of Liquid-Crystal Compositions' Efficiency when Polishing of Diamonds 5.4.
Artificial Mediums Based on Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials for Correction of Joint Tribology 5.5. Antifriction Plastic Greases Based on Intermediate Products of Oil Refining and Liquid Crystalline Compounds ConclusionS Abbreviations and Nomenclature SUBJECT INDEX.