Textbook

Martini A (2022) Introduction to Tribology for Engineers, Version 1.7 on Amazon.com, as an ebook or hardcover (ISBN-13: 979-8844576508). Note this book was self-published, so it is always being improved. If you have an earlier version, please check out the change log here: Introduction to Tribology Change Log

Refereed Journal Papers

** Note that the accepted versions of many of our manuscripts are freely available on the University of California eScholarship website


• Stanković I, Dašić M, Jovanović M, Martini A, Findlater M (2024) "Effects of Water Content on the Transport and Thermodynamic Properties of Phosphonium Ionic Liquids", Langmuir, x, xx. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00372.
  

• Chacon-Teran MA, Moustafa C, Luu J, Martini A, Findlater M (2024) "Pyrylium- and Pyridinium-Based Ionic Liquids as Friction Modifiers for Greases", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16, 13346. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c01750.
  

• Bhuiyan FH, Li Y-S, Kim SH, Martini A (2024) "Shear-activation of mechanochemical reactions through molecular deformation", Scientific Reports, 14, 2992. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53254-2.
  

• Ding R, Azadehranjbar S, Padilla Espinosa IM, Martini A, Jacobs TDB (2024) "Separating Geometric and Diffusive Contributions to the Surface Nucleation of Dislocations in Nanoparticles", ACS Nano, 18, 4170. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09026.
  

• Romero Garcia S, Zholdassov YS, Braunschweig AB, Martini A (2024) "Reactive Simulations of Silica Functionalization with Aromatic Hydrocarbons", Langmuir, 40, 561. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02785.
  

• Ogbomo E, Bhuiyan FH, Ayestarán Latorre C, Martini A, Ewen JP (2024) "Effects of surface chemistry on the mechanochemical decomposition of tricresyl phosphate", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 278. DOI: 10.1039/D3CP05320B.
  

• Liu T, Rahman MH, Menezes PL, and Martini A, (2024) "The effect of Fe-anion interactions on corrosion of ferrous surfaces by phosphonium ionic liquids", Corrosion Science, 227, 111734. DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2023.111734.
  

• Panwar P, Yang Q, and Martini A (2024) "Temperature-Dependent Density and Viscosity Prediction for Hydrocarbons: Machine Learning and Molecular Dynamics Simulations", J. Chem. Inf. Model., 64, 2760. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00231.
  

• Zholdassov YS, Yuan L, Romero Garcia S, Kwok RW, Boscoboinik A, Valles DJ, Marianski M, Martini A, Carpick RW, Braunschweig AB (2023) "Acceleration of Diels-Alder reactions by mechanical distortion", Science, 380, 1053. DOI: 10.1126/science.adf5273.
  

• Cobeña-Reyes, Yang Q, Stober ST, Burns AB, Martini A (2023) "Probabilistic Approach to Low Strain Rate Atomistic Simulations of Ultimate Tensile Strength of Polymer Crystals", J. Chem. Theory Comput., 19, 6326. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00570.
  

• Panwar P, Yang Q, and Martini A (2023) "PyL3dMD: Python LAMMPS 3D molecular descriptors package", Journal of Cheminformatics, 15, 69. DOI: 10.1186/s13321-023-00737-5.
  

• Padilla Espinosa I, Karaaslan Y, Cevik C, and Martini A (2023) "Atomistic model of the anisotropic response of ortho-Mo2C to indentation", AIP Advances, 13, 065125. DOI: 10.1063/5.0150030.
  

• Jang S, Rabbani M, Ogrinc AL, Wetherington MT, Martini A, and Kim SH (2023) "Tribochemistry of Diamond-like Carbon: Interplay between Hydrogen Content in the Film and Oxidative Gas in the Environment", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 37997. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05316.
  

• Mohammadtabar K, Guerrero E, Romero Garcia S, Shin YK, van Duin ACT, Strubbe DA, and Martini A (2023) "Development and Application of a ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for Ni-Doped MoS2", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 12171. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00668.
  

• Yan W, Bhuiyan FH, Tang C, Wei L, Jiang Y, Jang S, Liu Y, Wu J, Wang W, Wang Y, Martini A, Qian L, Kim SH, and Chen L (2023) "Understanding and Preventing Lubrication Failure at the Carbon Atomic Steps", Small, 2301515. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301515.
  

• Li Y-S, Jang W, Khan AM, Martin TV, Ogrinc AL, Wang QJ, Martini A, Chung Y-W, and Kim SH (2023) "Possible Origin of D- and G-band Features in Raman Spectra of Tribofilms", Tribology Letters, 71, 57. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-023-01728-1.
  

• Ren S, Cui M, Martini A, Shi Y, Wang H, Pu J, Li Q, Xue Q, and Wang L (2023) "Macroscale superlubricity enabled by rationally designed MoS2-based superlattice films", Cell Reports Physical Science, 4, 101390. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101390.
  

• Li Y-S, Joon S, Bhuiyan FH, Martini A, and Kim SH (2023) "Molecular Structure and Environment Dependence of Shear-Driven Chemical Reactions: Tribopolymerization of Methylcyclopentane, Cyclohexane and Cyclohexene on Stainless Steel", Tribology Letters, 71, 49. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-023-01703-w.
  

• Azadehranjbar S, Ding R, Padilla Espinosa IM, Martini A, and Jacobs TDB (2023) "Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles", ACS Nano, 17, 8133. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c11457.
  

• Cobeña-Reyes J, Ye T, Martini A (2023) "Simulations of Subnanometer Scale Image Contrast in Atomic Force Microscopy of Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water", Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, 1, 147. DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.3c00001.
  

• Yang Q, Eder SJ, Martini A, Grützmacher PG (2023) "Effect of surface termination on the balance between friction and failure of Ti3C2Tx MXenes", npj Materials Degradation, 7, 6. DOI: 10.1038/s41529-023-00326-9.
  

• Rahman MH, Liu T, Macias T, Misra M, Patel M, Martini A, and Menezes PL (2022) "Physicochemical and tribological comparison of bio- and halogen-based ionic liquid lubricants", Journal of Molecular Liquids, 369, 120918. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120918.
  

• Leventini SD, Martin-Gutierrez BS, Kumar A, Mittman AS, Kim SM, and Martini A (2022) "Tactile Perception of Vellum Quantified by Friction and Surface Roughness", Tribology Letters, 70, 127. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-022-01669-1.
  

• Padilla Espinosa I, Jacobs TDB, and Martini A (2022) "Atomistic Simulations of the Elastic Compression of Platinum Nanoparticles", Nanoscale Research Letters, 17, 96. DOI: 10.1186/s11671-022-03734-z.
  

• Bhuiyan FH, Li Y-S, Kim SH, and Martini A (2022) "Shear-Activated Chemisorption and Association of Cyclic Organic Molecules", Faraday Discussions, 241, 194. DOI: 10.1039/D2FD00086E.
  

• Mohammadtabar K, Eder SJ, Dörr N, and Martini A (2022) "Shear-driven reactions of organosulfur compounds on ferrous surfaces: A molecular dynamics study", Tribology International, 176, 107922. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2022.107922.
  

• Ruikang D, Padilla Espinosa IM, Loevlie D, Azadehranjbar S, Baker AJ, Mpourmpakis G, Martini A, and Jacobs TDB (2022) "Size-dependent shape distributions of platinum nanoparticles", Nanoscale Advances, 4, 3978. DOI: 10.1039/d2na00326k.
  

• Baker AJ, Vishnubhotla SB, Chen R, Martini A, and Jacobs TDB (2022) "Origin of Pressure-Dependent Adhesion in Nanoscale Contacts", Nanoletters, 22, 5954. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02016.
  

• Yang Q, Li W, Stober ST, Burns AB, Gopinadhan M, and Martini A (2022) "Effect of Aliphatic Chain Length on the Stress–Strain Response of Semiaromatic Polyamide Crystals", Macromolecules, 55, 5071. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00081.
  

• Liu T, Rahman MH, Menezes PL, and Martini A (2022) "Effect of Ion Pair on Contact Angle for Phosphonium Ionic Liquids", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126, 4354. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01989.
  

• Ahmad K, Yang Q, and Martini A (2022) "Simulations of Friction Anisotropy on Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water", Langmuir, 38, 6273. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03234.
  

• Panwar P, Schweissinger E, Maier S, Hilf S, Sirak S, and Martini A (2022) "Effect of polymer structure and chemistry on viscosity index, thickening efficiency, and traction coefficient of lubricants", Journal of Molecular Liquids, 359, 119215. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119215.
  

• Bhuiyan FH, Kim SH, and Martini A (2022) "Reactive molecular dynamics simulations of thermal and shear-driven oligomerization", Applied Surface Science, 591, 153209. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.153209.
  

• Liu T, Panwar P, Khajeh A, Rahman MH, Menezes PL, and Martini A (2022) "Review of Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Phosphonium Ionic Liquid Lubricants", Tribology Letters, 70, 44. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-022-01583-6.
  

• Khajeh A, Rahman MH, Liu T, Panwar P, Menezes PL, and Martini A (2022) "Thermal decomposition of phosphonium salicylate and phosphonium benzoate ionic liquids", Journal of Molecular Liquids, 352, 118700. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118700.
  

• Padilla Espinosa IM, Azadehranjbar S, Ding R, Baker AJ, Jacobs TDB, and Martini A (2022) "Platinum nanoparticle compression: Combining in situ TEM and atomistic modeling", Applied Physics Letters, 120, 013101. DOI: 10.1063/5.0078035.
  

• Martini A and Kim SH, (2021) "Activation Volume in Shear-Driven Chemical Reactions", Tribology Letters, 69, 150. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-021-01522-x.
  

• Rahman MH, Khajeh A, Panwar P, Patel M, Martini A and Menezes PL, (2021) "Recent Progress on Phosphonium-based Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricants: Synthesis, Properties, Performance, and Applications", Tribology International, 167, 107331. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2021.107331.
  

• Yang Q, Li W, Stober ST, Burns AB, Gopinadhan M and Martini A, (2021) "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Stress–Strain Behavior of Polyamide Crystals", Macromolecules, 54, 8289. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00974.
  

• Hasz K, Vazirisereshk MR, Martini A and Carpick RW, (2021) "Bifurcation of nanoscale thermolubric friction behavior for sliding on MoS2", Physical Review Materials, 5, 083607. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.083607.
  

• Ferrera ML, Ades MT, Sanchez Garrido D, Velasquez AC, Johnson DA, Siu J, Montalvo E, Zhou Z and Martini A, (2021) "Varnish Removal Efficiency of Commercial Cleaners", Tribology Transactions, 64, 813. DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2021.1921320.
  

• Padilla Espinosa I, Jacobs TDB and Martini A, (2021) "Evaluation of Force Fields for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Platinum in Bulk and Nanoparticle Forms", Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 17, 7. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00434.
  

• Sanchez Garrido D, Leventini S and Martini A, (2021) "Effect of Temperature and Surface Roughness on the Tribological Behavior of Electric Motor Greases for Hybrid Bearing Materials", Lubricants, 9, 59. DOI: 10.3390/lubricants9060059.
  

• Martini A, Burris DL, Cayer-Barrioz J and Spencer ND, (2021) "Publishing Science in Tribology: The Past, Present and Future of Tribology Letters", Tribology Letters, 69, 76. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-021-01450-w.
  

• Vazirisereshk RM, Sumaiya SA, Chen R, Baykara MZ and Martini A, (2021) "Time-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at the Nanoscale", Tribology Letters, 69, 50. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-021-01420-2.
  * Part of a collection: Mark Robbins, in memoriam *
  

• Khajeh A, Bhuiyan FH, Mogonye J-E, Pesce-Rodriguez RA, Berkebile S and Martini A, (2021) "Thermal Decomposition of Tricresyl Phosphate on Ferrous Surfaces", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 5076. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10789.
  

• Vellore A, Romero Garcia S, Johnson DA and Martini A, (2021) "Ambient and Nitrogen Environment Friction Data for Various Materials & Surface Treatments for Space Applications", Tribology Letters, 69, 10. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-020-01391-w.
  * Over 150 friction data sets associated with this Data Note are freely available here on Dryad *
  * Highlighted in "Editors’ Selections: Best from STLE’s research community" in the March 2021 issue of Tribology & Lubrication Technology *

• Chen Z, Khajeh A, Martini A and Kim SH, (2020) "Origin of High Friction at Graphene Step Edges on Graphite", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 1895. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18098.
  

• Chen R, Konicek AR, Jusufi A, Kliewer CE, Jaishankar A, Schilowitz A and Martini A, (2020) "Limiting Domain Size of MoS2: Effects of Stoichiometry and Oxygen", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 27571. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c08981.
  

• Rosenkranz A, Costa HL, Baykara MZ and Martini A, (2020) "Synergetic effects of surface texturing and solid lubricants to tailor friction and wear – A review", Tribology International, 155, 106792. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106792.
  

• Panwar P, Michael P, Devlin M and Martini A, (2020) "Critical Shear Rate of Polymer-Enhanced Hydraulic Fluids", Lubricants, 8, 102. DOI: 10.3390/lubricants8120102.
  

• Vazirisereshk MR, Hasz K, Zhao M-Q, Johnson ATC, Carpick RW and Martini A, (2020) "Nanoscale Friction Behavior of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides: Role of the Chalcogenide", ACS Nano, 14, 16013. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07558.
  

• Sumaiya SA, Martini A and Baykara MZ, (2020) "Improving the reliability of conductive atomic force microscopy-based electrical contact resistance measurements", Nano Express, 1, 030023. DOI: 10.1088/2632-959X/abcae0.
  

• Vellore A, Romero Garcia S, Walters N, Johnson DA, Kennett A, Heverly M and Martini A, (2020) "Ni-Doped MoS2 Dry Film Lubricant Life", Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7, 2001109. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001109.
  

• Vazirisereshk MR, Hasz K, Carpick RW and Martini A, (2020) "Friction Anisotropy of MoS2: Effect of Tip-Sample Contact Quality", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11, 6900. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01617.
  

• Chan, N, Vazirisereshk MR, Martini A and Egberts P (2020) "Insights into dynamic sliding contacts from conductive atomic force microscopy", Nanoscale Advances, 2, 4117. DOI: 10.1039/d0na00414f.
  

• Chen Z, Khajeh A, Martini A and Kim SH, (2020) "Identifying physical and chemical contributions to friction: A comparative study of chemically inert and active graphene step edges", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, 30007. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08121.
  

• Kim MS, Walters N, Martini A, Joyner HS, Duizer, LM and Grygorczyk A, (2020) "Adapting tribology for use in sensory studies on hard food: the case of texture perception in apples", Food Quality and Preference, 86, 103990. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2020.103990.
  

• Gueorguieva P, Ghosh S, Martini A and Lu J, (2020) "MACES Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program: Integrating Research and Education", Journal of STEM Education, 21, 58. JSTEM Article.
  

• Xiao J-K, Tan H, Chen J, Martini A and Zhang C, (2020) "Effect of carbon content on microstructure, hardness and wear resistance of CoCrFeMnNiCx high-entropy alloys", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 847, 156533. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.156533.
  

• Yang Q, Hu X, Ye T and Martini A, (2020) "Nanoscale Friction of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water", Tribology Letters, 68, 63. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-020-01301-0.
  

• Ewen J, Ayestarán Latorre C, Gattinoni C, Khajeh A, Moore J, Remias J, Martini A, Dini D, (2020) "Substituent Effects on the Thermal Decomposition of Phosphate Esters on Ferrous Surfaces", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 9852. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11787.
  

• Martini A, Eder SJ and Dörr N, (2020) "Tribochemistry: A Review of Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations", Lubricants, 8, 44. DOI: 10.3390/lubricants8040044.
  

• Hu X, Yang Q, Ye T and Martini A, (2020) "Simulation of Sub-nanometer Contrast in Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy of Hydrophilic Alkanethiol Self-assembled Monolayers in Water", Langmuir, 36, 2240. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03655.
  

• Chen R, Jusufi A, Schilowitz A and Martini A, (2020) "Formation of MoS2 from elemental Mo and S using reactive molecular dynamics simulations", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 38, 022201. DOI: 10.1116/1.5128377.
  * Published as part of a special issue: 30 years of the Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award - Celebrating the Women of the AVS *
  

• Chen R, Vishnubhotla SB, Khanal SR, Jacobs TDB and Martini A, (2020) "Quantifying the pressure-dependence of work of adhesion in silicon–diamond contacts", Applied Physics Letters, 116, 051602. DOI: 10.1063/1.5127533.
  

• Panwar P, Len M, Gajghate N, Michael P and Martini A, (2019) "Fluid Effects on Mechanical Efficiency of Hydraulic Pumps: Dynamometer Measurements and Molecular Simulations", ASME/BATH 2019 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC2019-1712, 10. DOI: 10.1115/FPMC2019-1712.
  

• Khajeh A, Chen Z, Kim SH and Martini A, (2019) "Effect of Ambient Chemistry on Friction at the Basal Plane of Graphite", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11, 43. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13261.
  

• Chen Z, Vazirisereshk MR, Khajeh A, Martini A and Kim SH, (2019) "Effect of atomic corrugation on adhesion and friction – A model study with graphene step edges", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10, 6455. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02501.
  

• Vazirisereshk MR, Sumaiya SA, Martini A and Baykara MZ, (2019) "Measurement of electrical contact resistance at nanoscale gold-graphite interfaces", Applied Physics Letters, 115, 091602. DOI: 10.1063/1.5109880.
  

• Chen Z, Khajeh A, Martini A and Kim SH, (2019) "Chemical and physical origins of friction on surfaces with atomic steps", Science Advances, 5, 8. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0513.
  

• Mohammadtabar K, Eder SJ, Dörr, N and Martini A, (2019) "Heat-, Load-, and Shear-Driven Reactions of di-tert-butyl Disulfide on Fe(100)", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 19688. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05068.
  

• Vishnubhotla SB, Chen R, Khanal SR, Hu X, Martini A and Jacobs TDB (2019) "Matching Atomistic Simulations and In Situ Experiments to Investigate the Mechanics of Nanoscale Contact", Tribology Letters, 67, 97. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-019-1210-7.
  * Selected as a Featured Article in the STLE Newsletter *
  

• Vazirisereshk MR, Ye H, Ye Z, Otero-de-la-Roza A, Zhao M-Q, Gao Z, ohnson ATC, Johnson ER, Carpick RW and Martini A (2019) "Origin of Nanoscale Friction Contrast between Supported Graphene, MoS₂, and a Graphene/MoS2 Heterostructure", Nano Letters, 19, 5496. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02035.
  

• Vazirisereshk MR, Martini A, Strubbe DA and Baykara MZ, (2019) "Solid Lubrication with MoS2: A Review", Lubricants, 7, 57. DOI: 10.3390/lubricants7070057.
  * Most highly cited paper published in Lubricants in 2020 *
  

• Khajeh A, Hu X, Mohammadtabar K, Shin YK, van Duin ACT, Berkebile S and Martini A, (2019) "Statistical Analysis of Tri-Cresyl Phosphate Conversion on an Iron Oxide Surface Using Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 12886. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b02394.
  

• Li T, Zhai Y, He S, Gan W, Wei Z, Heidarinejad M, Dalgo D, Mi R, Zhao X, Song J, Dai J, Chen C, Aili A, Vellore A, Martini A, Yang R, Srebric J, Yin X and Hu L, (2019) "A radiative cooling structural material", Science, 364, 760. DOI: 10.1126/science.aau9101.
  

• Zhou Y, Chen C, Zhu S, Sui C, Wang C, Kuang Y, Ray U, Liu D, Brozena A, Leiste UH, Quispe N, Guo H, Vellore A, Bruck HA, Martini A, Foster B, Lou J, Li T and Hu L, (2019) "A printed, recyclable, ultra-strong, and ultra-tough graphite structural material", Materials Today, 30, 17. DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2019.03.016.
  

• Khajeh A, Krim J and Martini A, (2019) "Synergistic effect of nanodiamonds on the adsorption of tricresyl phosphate on iron oxide surfaces", Applied Physics Letters, 114, 171602. DOI: 10.1063/1.5093425.
  

• Vellore A, Walters N and Martini A, (2019) "Grease Lubrication of Self-Mated 60NiTi Bearing Materials", Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 5, 13. DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2019.00013.
  

• Chen R, Vishnubhotla SB, Jacobs TDB and Martini A, (2019) "Simulations of the effect of an oxide on contact area measurements from conductive atomic force microscopy", Nanoscale, 11, 1029. DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08605B.
  

• Mohammadtabar K, Eder SJ, Bedolla PO, Dörr, N and Martini A, (2018) "Reactive molecular dynamics simulations of thermal film growth from di-tert-butyl disulfide on an Fe(100) surface", Langmuir, 34, 15681. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03170.
  

• Hasz K, Ye Z, Martini A and Carpick RW, (2018) "Experiments and simulations of the humidity dependence of friction between nanoasperities and graphite: The role of interfacial contact quality", Physical Review Materials, 2, 126001. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.126001.
  

• Jenei IZ, Dassenoy F, Epicier T, Khajeh A, Martini A, Uy D, Ghaednia H and Gangopadhyay A, (2019) "Mechanical response of gasoline soot nanoparticles under compression: An in situ TEM study", Tribology International, 131, 446. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2018.11.001.
  

• Vishnubhotla SB, Chen R, Khanal SR, Li J, Stach EA, Martini A and Jacobs TDB (2019) "Quantitative measurement of contact area and electron transport across platinum nanocontacts for scanning probe microscopy and electrical nanodevices", Nanotechnology, 30, 045705. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaebd6.
  

• Vishnubhotla SB, Chen R, Khanal SR, Martini A and Jacobs TDB (2019) "Understanding contact between platinum nanocontacts at low loads: The effect of reversible plasticity", Nanotechnology, 30, 035704. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaea2b.
  

• Zhang R, Mankoci S, Walters N, Gao H, Zhang H, Hou X, Qin H, Ren Z, Zhou X, Doll GL, Martini A, Sahai N, Dong Y, Ye C, (2019) "Effects of laser shock peening on the corrosion behavior and biocompatibility of a nickel–titanium alloy", J Biomed Mater Res Part B, 107B, 1854. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34278.
  

• Baykara MZ, Vazirisereshk MR and Martini A (2018) "Emerging superlubricity: A review of the state of the art and perspectives on future research", Applied Physics Reviews, 5, 041102. DOI: 10.1063/1.5051445.
  * Selected as a Featured Article by the Editors of Applied Physics Reviews *

• Walters N and Martini A (2018) "Friction Dependence on Surface Roughness for Castor Oil Lubricated NiTi Alloy Sliding on Steel", Tribology Transactions, 61, 1162. DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2018.1520949.
  

• Hu X, Nanney W, Umeda K, Ye T and Martini A (2018) "Combined Experimental and Simulation Study of Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water", Langmuir, 34, 9627. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01609.
  

• Hou X, Mankoci S, Walters N, Gao H, Zhang R, Li S, Qin H, Ren Z, Doll GL, Cong H, Martini A, Vasudevan VK, Zhou X, Sahai N, Dong Y and Ye C, (2018) "Hierarchical structures on Nickel-Titanium fabricated by Ultrasonic Nanocrystal Surface Modification", Materials Science & Engineering C, 93, 12. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.07.032.
  

• Khajeh A, He X, Yeon J, Kim SH and Martini A, (2018) "Mechanochemical Association Reaction of Interfacial Molecules Driven by Shear", Langmuir, 34, 5971. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00315.
  

• Johnson D, Dominguez E, Montalvo E, Zhou Z and Martini A, (2018) "Quantifying Varnish Removal Using Chemical Flushes", Tribology Transactions, 61, 1067. DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2018.1468520.
  * Reprinted in the August 2018 issue of STLE's Tribology and Lubrication Technology magazine *

• Liu J, Suslov S, Vellore A, Ren Z, Amanov A, Pyun, Y-S, Martini A, Dong Y and Ye C, (2018) "Surface nanocrystallization by ultrasonic nano-crystal surface modification and its effect on gas nitriding of Ti6Al4V alloy", Materials Science & Engineering A, 736, 335. DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2018.08.089.
  

• Hu X, Lee J, Berman D and Martini A, (2018) "Substrate effect on electrical conductance at a nanoasperity-graphene contact", Carbon, 137, 118. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.05.028.
  

• Martini A, Ramasamy UR and Len M, (2018) "Review of Viscosity Modifier Lubricant Additives", Tribology Letters, 66, 58. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-018-1007-0.
  

• Cosimbescu L, Vellore A, Ramasamy UR, Burgess SA and Martini A, (2018) "Low molecular weight polymethacrylates as multi-functional lubricant additives", European Polymer Journal, 104, 39. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.04.029.
  

• Lee J, Hu X, Voevodin AA, Martini A and Berman D, (2018) "Effect of Substrate Support on Dynamic Graphene/Metal Electrical Contacts", Micromachines, 9, 169. DOI: 10.3390/mi9040169.
  

• Song J, Chen C, Zhu S, Zhu M, Dai J, Ray U, Li Y, Kuang Y, Li Y, Quispe N, Yao Y, Gong A, Leiste UH, Bruck HA, Zhu JY, Vellore A, Li H, Minus ML, Jia Z, Martini A, Li T and Hu L, (2018) "Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material", Nature, 554, 224. DOI: 10.1038/nature25476.
  

• Michael P, Cheekolu M, Panwar P, Devlin M, Davidson R, Johnson D and Martini A (2018) "Temporary and permanent viscosity loss correlated to hydraulic system performance", Tribology Transactions, 61, 901. DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2018.1439210.
  

• Osei-Agyemang E, Berkebile S and Martini A (2018) "Decomposition Mechanisms of Anti-wear Lubricant Additive Tricresyl Phosphate on Iron Surfaces Using DFT and Atomistic Thermodynamic Studies", Tribology Letters, 66, 48. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-018-0998-x.
  

• Zhang R, Zhou X, Gao H, Mankoci S, Liu Y, Sang X, Qin H, Hou X, Ren Z, Doll GL, Martini A, Dong Y and Ye Chang, (2018) "The effects of laser shock peening on the mechanical properties and biomedical behavior of AZ31B magnesium alloy", Surface and Coatings Technology, 339, 48. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2018.02.009.
  

• Jenei IZ, Dassenoy F, Epicier T, Khajeh A, Martini A, Uy D, Ghaednia H and Gangopadhyay A, (2018) "Mechanical characterization of diesel soot nanoparticles: in situ compression in the transmission electron microscope and simulations", Nanotechnology, 29, 085703. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaa2aa.
  

• Len M, Ramasamy US, Lichter S and Martini A, (2018) "Thickening Mechanisms of Polyisobutylene in Polyalphaolefin", Tribology Letters, 66, 5. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-017-0960-3.
  

• Yeon J, Adams HL, Junkermeier CE, van Duin ACT, Tysoe WT and Martini A, (2018) "Development of a ReaxFF Force Field for Cu/S/C/H and Reactive MD Simulations of Methyl Thiolate Decomposition on Cu (100)", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122, 888. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06976.
  

• Jacobs TDB and Martini A, (2017) "Measuring and Understanding Contact Area at the Nanoscale: A Review", Applied Mechanics Reviews, 69, 061101. DOI: 10.1115/1.4038130.
  * Selected for the ASME Lloyd Hamilton Donnell Applied Mechanics Reviews Paper Award *

• Hu X and Martini A, (2017) "Atomistic simulations of contact area and conductance at nanoscale interfaces", Nanoscale, 9, 16852. DOI: 10.1039/C7NR05326F.
  

• Ramasamy US, Len M and Martini A, (2017) "Correlating Molecular Structure to the Behavior of Linear Styrene–Butadiene Viscosity Modifiers", Tribology Letters, 65, 147. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-017-0926-5.
  

• Peña-Parás L, Gao H, Maldonado-Cortés D, Vellore A, García-Pineda P, Montemayor OE, Nava KL and Martini A, (2017) "Effects of substrate surface roughness and nano/micro particle additive size on friction and wear in lubricated sliding", Tribology International, 119, 88-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2017.09.009.
  

• Ye Z, Balkanci A, Martini A and Baykara MZ (2017) "Effect of roughness on the layer-dependent friction of few-layer graphene", Physical Review B, 96, 115401. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.115401.
  

• Seymour BT, Wright RAE, Parrott AC, Gao H, Martini A, Qu J, Dai S and Zhao B (2017) "Poly(alkyl methacrylate) Brush-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles as Oil Lubricant Additives: Effects of Alkyl Pendant Group on Oil Dispersibility, Stability, and Lubrication Property", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 25038. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06714.
  

• Hou X, Qin H, Gao H, Mankoci S, Zhang R, Zhou X, Ren Z, Doll GL, Martini A, Sahai N, Dong Y and Ye C (2017) "A Systematic Study of Mechanical Properties, Corrosion Behavior and Biocompatibility of AZ31B Mg Alloy after Ultrasonic Nanocrystal Surface Modification", Materials Science and Engineering C, 78, 1061. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.04.128.
  

• Lantz S, Zakarian J, Deskin S and Martini A (2017) "Filtration Effects on Foam Inhibitors and Optically Detected Oil Cleanliness", Tribology Transactions, 60, 1159. DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2017.1285089.
  

• Brunetto G and Martini A (2017) "Atomistic description of coupled thermal-mechanical stresses on a gold/HOPG nanocontact", Computational Materials Science, 130, 165. DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.12.027.
  

• Yeon J, He X, Martini A and Kim SH (2017) "Mechanochemistry at Solid Surfaces: Polymerization of Adsorbed Molecules by Mechanical Shear at Tribological Interfaces", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 3142. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14159.
  

• Bhattacharya P, Ramasamy US, Krueger S, Robinson JW, Tarasevich BJ, Martini A and Cosimbescu L (2016) "Trends in Thermoresponsive Behavior of Lipophilic Polymers", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 50, 12983. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b03812.
  

• Hu X, Chan N, Martini A and Egberts P (2016) "Tip convolution on HOPG surfaces measured in AM-AFM and interpreted using a combined experimental and simulation approach", Nanotechnology, 28, 025702. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/28/2/025702.
  

• Hu X, Altoe MVP and Martini A (2016) "Amorphization-assisted nanoscale wear during the running-in process", Wear, 370-371, 46. DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2016.11.004.
  

• Curry JF, Argibay N, Babuska T, Nation B, Martini A, Strandwitz NC, Dugger MT and Krick BA (2016) "Highly Oriented MoS₂ Coatings: Tribology and Environmental Stability", Tribology Letters, 64, 11. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-016-0745-0.
  

• Lodge MS, Tang C, Blue BT, Hubbard WA, Martini A, Dawson BD and Ishigami M (2016) "Lubricity of gold nanocrystals on graphene measured using quartz crystal microbalance", Scientific Reports, 6, 31837. DOI: 10.1038/srep31837.
  

• Ye Z, Martini A, Thiel P, Lovelady HH, McLaughlin K and Rabson DA (2016) "Atomistic simulation of frictional anisotropy on quasicrystal approximant surfaces", Physical Review B, 93, 235438. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.235438.
  

• Ye Z, Egberts P, Han GH, Johnson ATC, Carpick RW and Martini A (2016) "Load-Dependent Friction Hysteresis on Graphene", ACS Nano, 10, 5161. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00639.
  

• Ramasamy US, Lichter S and Martini A (2016) "Effect of Molecular-Scale Features on the Polymer Coil Size of Model Viscosity Index Improvers", Tribology Letters, 62, 23. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-016-0672-0.
  

• Adams H, Miller BP, Kotvis PV, Furlong OJ, Martini A and Tysoe WT (2016) "In Situ Measurements of Boundary Film Formation Pathways and Kinetics: Dimethyl and Diethyl Disulfide on Copper", Tribology Letters, 62, 12. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-016-0664-0.
  

• Gao H, Tysoe WT and Martini A (2016) "Identification of the Shear Plane During Sliding of Solid Boundary Films: Potassium Chloride Films on Iron", Tribology Letters, 62, 4. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-016-0654-2.
  

• Olsen D, Gao H, Tang C, Tysoe WT and Martini A (2015) "Pressure dependence of the interfacial structure of potassium chloride films on iron", Thin Solid Films, 593, 150. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.09.065.
  

• Gao H, Otero-de-la-Roza O, Gu J, Stone D, Aouadi SM, Johnson ER and Martini A (2015) "(Ag,Cu)–Ta–O Ternaries As High-Temperature Solid-Lubricant Coatings", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, 15422. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03543.
  

• Furlong OJ, Manzi SJ, Martini A and Tysoe WT (2015) "Influence of Potential Shape on Constant-Force Atomic-Scale Sliding Friction Models", Tribology Letters, 61, 21. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-015-0599-x.
  

• Ye Z and Martini A (2015) "Atomic friction at exposed and buried graphite step edges: Experiments and simulations", Applied Physics Letters, 106, 231603. DOI: 10.1063/1.4922485.
  

• Hu X, Egberts P, Dong Y and Martini A (2015) "Molecular dynamics simulation of amplitude modulation atomic force microscopy", Nanotechnology, 26, 235705. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/23/235705.
  

• Liu XZ, Ye Z, Dong Y, Egberts P, Carpick RW and Martini A (2015) "Dynamics of Atomic Stick-Slip Friction Examined with Atomic Force Microscopy and Atomistic Simulations at Overlapping Speeds", Physical Review Letters, 114, 146102. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.146102.
  

• Adams HL, Garvey MT, Ramasamy US, Ye Z, Martini A and Tysoe WT (2015) "Shear-Induced Mechanochemistry: Pushing Molecules Around", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 7115. DOI: 10.1021/jp5121146.
  

• Dri FL, Wu X, Moon RJ, Martini A and Zavattieri PD(2015) "Evaluation of reactive force fields for prediction of the thermo-mechanical properties of cellulose Iβ", Computational Materials Science, 109, 330. DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.06.040.
  

• Tang C, Ishihara H, Sodhi J, Chen Y-C, Siordia A, Martini A and Tung VC (2015) "Flexible all-carbon photovoltaics with improved thermal stability", Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 224, 94. DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2014.07.010.
  

• Ye Z, Otero-de-la-Roza A, Johnson ER and Martini A (2015) "Oscillatory motion in layered materials: graphene, boron nitride, and molybdenum disulfide", Nanotechnology, 26, 165701. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/16/165701.
  

• Hu X and Martini A (2015) "Atomistic simulation of the effect of roughness on nanoscale wear", Computational Materials Science, 102, 208. DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.02.036.
  

• Ramasamy US, Bair S and Martini A (2015) "Predicting Pressure–Viscosity Behavior from Ambient Viscosity and Compressibility: Challenges and Opportunities", Tribology Letters, 57, 11. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-014-0454-5.
  

• Ye Z and Martini A (2014) "Atomistic Simulation of the Load Dependence of Nanoscale Friction on Suspended and Supported Graphene", Langmuir, 30, 14707. DOI: 10.1021/la503329u.
  

• Stone DS, Gao H, Chantharangsi C, Paksunchai C, Bischof M, Martini A and Aouadi SM (2014) "Reconstruction mechanisms of tantalum oxide coatings with low concentrations of silver for high temperature tribological applications", Applied Physics Letters, 105, 191607. DOI: 10.1063/1.4901817.
  

• Aouadi S, Gao H, Martini A, Scharf TW and Muratore C (2014) "Lubricious oxide coatings for extreme temperature applications: A review", Surface and Coatings Technology, 257, 266. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.05.064.
  

• Ye Z, Otero-de-la-Roza A, Johnson ER and Martini A (2014) "The role of roughness-induced damping in the oscillatory motion of bilayer graphene", Nanotechnology, 25, 425703. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/42/425703.
  

• Hu X, Sundararajan S and Martini A (2014) "The effects of adhesive strength and load on material transfer in nanoscale wear", Computational Materials Science, 95, 464. DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.08.014.
  

• Gao H, Otero-de-la-Roza A, Aouadi SM, Martini A and Johnson ER (2014) "Chemical Basis of the Tribological Properties of AgTaO₃ Crystal Surfaces", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 012125. DOI: 10.1021/jp503673k.
  

• Diaz JA, Ye Z, Wu X, Moore AL, Moon RJ, Martini A, Boday DJ and Youngblood JP (2014) "Thermal Conductivity in Nanostructured Films: From Single Cellulose Nanocrystals to Bulk Films", Biomacromolecules, 15, 4096. DOI: 10.1021/bm501131a.
  

• Dong Y, Gao H, Martini A and Egberts P (2014) "Reinterpretation of velocity-dependent atomic friction: Influence of the inherent instrumental noise in friction force microscopes", Physical Review E, 90, 012125. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.012125.
  

• Wu X, Moon RJ and Martini A (2014) "Tensile strength of Iβ crystalline cellulose predicted by molecular dynamics simulation", Cellulose, 21, 2233. DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0325-0.
  

• Yi T, Ramasamy US, Lichter S and Martini A (2014) "Stability and Structure of Nanometer-Thin Perfluoropolyether Films Using Molecular Simulations", Tribology Letters, 54, 119. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-014-0316-1.
  

• Gao H, Dong Y and Martini A (2014) "Atomistic Study of Lateral Contact Stiffness in Friction Force Microscopy", Tribology International, 74, 57. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2014.02.003.
  

• Stone DS, Gao H, Chantharangsi C, Paksunchai C, Bischof M, Jaeger D, Martini A, Scharf TM and Aouadi SM (2014) "Load-dependent high temperature tribological properties of silver tantalate coatings", Surface and Coatings Technology, 244, 37. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.01.046.
  

• Ye Z, Moon H, Lee MH and Martini A (2014) "Size and load dependence of nanoscale electric contact resistance", Tribology International, 17, 109. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2013.11.012.
  

• Hu X, Tourek CJ, Ye Z, Sundararajan S and Martini A (2014) "Structural and Chemical Evolution of the Near-Apex Region of an Atomic Force Microscope Tip Subject to Sliding", Tribology Letters, 53, 181. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0255-2.
  

• Dong Y, Li Q and Martini A (2013) "Molecular dynamics simulation of atomic friction: A review and guide", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 31, 030801. DOI: 10.1116/1.4794357.
  * Most downloaded JVSTA article in March and April 2013.
  * JVSTA Editor's Pick in December 2013.

• Wu X, Moon RJ and Martini A (2013) "Atomistic Simulation of Frictional Sliding Between Cellulose Iβ Nanocrystals", Tribology Letters, 52, 395. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0223-x.
  

• Isborn CM, Tang C, Martini A, Johnson ER, Otero-de-la-Roza A and Tung VC (2013) "Carbon Nanotube Chirality Determines Efficiency of Electron Transfer to Fullerene in All-Carbon Photovoltaics", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4, 2914. DOI: 10.1021/jz401369s.
  

• Ye Z, Otero-de-la-Roza A, Johnson ER and Martini A (2013) "Effect of tip shape on atomic-friction at graphite step edges", Applied Physics Letters, 103, 081601. DOI: 10.1063/1.4818258.
  

• Dong Y, Wu X and Martini A (2013) "Atomic roughness enhanced friction on hydrogenated graphene", Nanotechnology, 24, 375701. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/37/375701.
  

• Diaz JA, Wu X, Martini A, Youngblood JP and Moon RJ (2013) "Thermal Expansion of Self-Organized and Shear-Oriented Cellulose Nanocrystal Films", Biomacromolecules, 14, 2900. DOI: 10.1021/bm400794e.
  

• Egberts P, Ye Z, Liu XZ, Dong Y, Martini A and Carpick RW (2013) "Environmental dependence of atomic-scale friction at graphite surface steps", Physical Review B, 88, 035409. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.035409.
  

• Gao H, Otero-de-la-Roza A, Aouadi SM, Johnson ER and Martini A (2013) "An Empirical Model for Silver Tantalate", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 21, 055002. DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/21/5/055002.
  

• Tang C, Oppenheim T, Tung VC and Martini A (2013) "Structure-Stability Relationships for Graphene-Wrapped Fullerene-Coated Carbon Nanotubes", Carbon, 61, 458. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.04.103.
  

• Martini A (2013) "Progress in Tribology Through Integrated Simulations and Experiments", Tribology Letters, 50, 1. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0125-y.

• Dong Y, Liu XZ, Egberts P, Ye Z, Carpick RW and Martini A (2013) "Correlation Between Probe Shape and Atomic Friction Peaks at Graphite Step Edges", Tribology Letters, 50, 49. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-0072-z.

• Gao H, Stone DS, Mohseni H, Aouadi SM, Scharf TW and Martini A (2013) "Mechanistic studies of high temperature friction reduction in silver tantalate", Applied Physics Letters, 102, 121603. DOI: 10.1063/1.4798555.

• Luisier M, Boykin TB, Ye Z, Martini A, Klimeck G, Kharche N, Jiang X and Nayak S (2013) "Investigation of ripple-limited low-field mobility in large-scale graphene nanoribbons", Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 253506. DOI: 10.1063/1.4811761.
  

• D.S. Stone, S. Harbin, H. Mohseni, J.-E. Mogonye, T.W. Scharf, C. Muratore, A.A. Voevodin, A. Martini and S.M. Aouadi (2013) "Lubricious silver tantalate films for extreme temperature applications", Surface and Coatings Technology, 217, 140. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.12.004.

• Wu X, Moon RJ and Martini A (2013) "Crystalline cellulose elastic modulus predicted by atomistic models of uniform deformation and nanoscale indentation", Cellulose, 20, 43. DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9823-0.

• Ye Z, Tang C, Dong Y and Martini A (2012) "Role of wrinkle height in friction variation with number of graphene layers", Journal of Applied Physics, 112, 116102. DOI: 10.1063/1.4768909.

• Yang L and Martini A (2013) "Nano-scale roughness effects on hysteresis in micro-scale adhesive contact", Tribology International, 58, 40. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2012.09.003.

• Dong Y, Perez D, Gao H and Martini A (2012) "Thermal activation in atomic friction: revisiting the theoretical analysis", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24, 265001. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/26/265001.

• Garcia JM and Martini A (2012) "Measured and Predicted Static Friction for Real Rough Surfaces in Point Contact", ASME Journal of Tribology, 134, 031501. DOI: 10.1115/1.4006917.

• Dong Y, Gao H and Martini A (2012) "Suppression of atomic friction under cryogenic conditions: The role of athermal instability in AFM measurements", Europhysics Letters, 98, 16002. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/98/16002.

• Michael PW, Garcia JM, Bair SS, Devlin MT and Martini A (2012) "Lubricant Chemistry and Rheology Effects on Hydraulic Motor Starting Efficiency", Tribology Transactions, 55, 549. DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2012.680208.

• Stone D, Migas J, Martini A, Smith T, Muratore C, Voevodin AA and Aouadi SM (2012) "Adaptive NbN/Ag Coatings for High Temperature Tribological Applications", Surf. Coat. Technol., 206, 4316. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.04.054.

• Lichter S, Rafferty B, Flohr Z and Martini A (2012) "Protein High-Force Pulling Simulations Yield Low-Force Results", PLoS ONE, 7(4), e34781. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034781.

• Vadakkepatt A, Dong Y, Lichter S and Martini A (2011) "Effect of molecular structure on liquid slip", Physical Review E, 84, 066311. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.066311.

• Dong Y, Vadakkepatt A and Martini A (2011) "Analytical Models for Atomic Friction", Tribology Letters, 44, 367. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-011-9850-2.

• Li Q, Dong Y, Martini A and Carpick RW (2011) "Atomic Friction Modulation on the Reconstructed Au(111) Surface", Tribology Letters, 43, 369. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-011-9824-4.

• Dong Y, Li Q, Wu J and Martini A (2011) "Friction, slip and structural inhomogeneity of the buried interface", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 91, 065003. DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/19/6/065003.

• Li Q, Dong Y, Perez D, Martini A and Carpick RW (2011) "Speed dependence of atomic stick-slip friction in optimally matched experiments and molecular dynamics simulations: The role of dynamics vs. energetics", Physical Review Letters, 106, 126101. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.126101.

• Udupa A and Martini A, "Model predictions of shear strain-induced ridge defects in graphene" (2011) Carbon, 49, 3571. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.04.057.

• Moon R, Martini A, Nairn J, Simonsen J and Youngblood J (2011) "Cellulose Nanomaterials Review: Structure, Properties and Nanocomposites", Chemical Society Review, 40, 3941. DOI: 10.1039/c0cs00108b.

• Wu X, Moon RJ and Martini A (2011) "Calculation of Single Chain Cellulose Elasticity using Fully Atomistic Modeling", TAPPI Journal, 10(4), 17.

• Garcia J, Lumkes J, Heckaman B and Martini A (2011) "Viscosity dependence of static friction in lubricated metallic line contacts", Tribology Transactions, 54, 333. DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2010.542278 .

• Dong Y, Perez D, Voter, AF and Martini A (2011) "The roles of statics and dynamics in determining transitions between atomic friction regimes", Tribology Letters, 42, 99. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-011-9750-5

• Vadakkepatt A and Martini A (2011) "Confined fluid compressibility predicted using molecular dynamics simulation", Tribology International, 44, 330. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2010.10.034

• Greco A, Martini A, Liu Y-C, Lin C, and Wang QJ (2010) "Rolling Contact Fatigue Performance of Vibro-Mechanical Textured Surfaces", Tribology Transactions, 53, 610. DOI: 10.1080/10402000903518861

• Perez D, Dong Y, Martini A, and Voter AF (2010) "Rate theory description of atomic stick-slip friction", Physical Review B, 81, 245415. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245415

• Martini A and Vadakkepatt A (2010) "Compressibility of Thin Film Lubricants Characterized Using Atomistic Simulation", Tribology Letters, 38, 33-38. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-009-9568-6

• Martini A and Bair S (2010) "The Role of Fragility in EHL Entrapment", Tribology International, 43, 277-282. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2009.06.006

• Martini A, Dong Y, Perez D and Voter AF (2009) "Low Speed Atomistic Simulation of Stick-Slip Friction using Parallel Replica Dynamics", Tribology Letters, 36, 63-68. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-009-9460-4

• Martini A, Hsu H-Y, Patankar NA and Lichter S (2008) "Slip at High Shear Rates", Physical Review Letters, 100, 206001. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.206001
  Also published online in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology -- June 2, 2008, Volume 17, Issue 22 and in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research -- June 1, 2008, Volume 15, Issue 11.

• Martini A, Roxin A, Wang Q, Snurr RQ and Lichter S (2008) "Molecular Mechanisms of Liquid Slip", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 600, 257-269. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008000475

• Martini A, Zhu D and Wang Q (2007) "Friction Reduction in Mixed Lubrication", Tribology Letters, 28, 109-222. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9258-1

• Martini A, Velter G, Keer LM and Wang Q (2007) "Enhancement of a Simplified Model for Maximum Stress Prediction," Tribology Letters, 27, 61-67. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9205-1

• Lichter S, Martini A, Snurr RQ and Wang Q (2007) "Liquid Slip in Nanoscale Channels as a Rate Process," Physical Review Letters, 98, 226001. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.226001
  Also published online in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology -- June 11, 2007, Volume 15, Issue 23.

• Zhu D, Martini A, Wang W, Hu YH, Lisowski B and Wang Q (2007) "Simulation of Sliding Wear in Mixed Lubrication," ASME Journal of Tribology, 129, 544-552. DOI: 10.1115/1.2736439

• Martini A, Liu YC, Snurr RQ and Wang Q (2006) "Molecular Dynamics Characterization of Thin Film Viscosity for EHL Simulation," Tribology Letters, 21, 217-225. DOI: 10.1007/s11249-006-9023-x

• Martini A, Escoffier B, Wang Q, Liu SB, Keer LM, Zhu D and Bujold M (2006) "Prediction of Subsurface Stress in Elastic Perfectly Plastic Rough Components," Tribology Letters, 23, 243-251.

• Martini A, Liu S and Wang Q (2005) "A Transient Three-Dimensional Solution for Thermoelastic Displacement Due to Surface Heating and Convective Cooling," ASME Journal of Tribology, 127, 750-755.

• Siniawski M, Martini A, Harris S and Wang Q (2005) "Effects of Lubrication and Humidity on the Abrasiveness of a Thin Boron Carbide Coating," Tribology Letters, 18, 185-195.

Magazine Articles

• Martini A, "Standardized testing for varnish removal by chemical cleaners," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, August 2018, p 42.

• Martini A and Deskin S, "Additives Confound the Count," Lubes'n'Greases, December 2017, p 24.

• Martini A, "Interactions with additives," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, December 2016, p 28.

• Martini A, "Breaking bubbles and barriers," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, October 2016, p 42.

• Ramasamy UR, Cosimbescu L and Martini A, "Temperature-Dependent Conformations of Model Viscosity Index Improvers," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, May 2015, p 30.

• Hu X and Martini A, "The Effects of Adhesive Strength and Load on Material Transfer in Nanoscale Wear," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, Sept 2014, p 20.

• Gao H, Aouadi SM, Scharf TS and Martini A, "High-Temperature Tribological Properties of Silver Tantalate," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, Oct 2013, p 22.

• Ye Z, Tang C, Dong Y and Martini A, "Variation of Friction with Number of Graphene Layers," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, May 2013, p 19.

• Vadakkepatt A and Martini A, "Analytical Models to Study the Role of Molecular Shape on Liquid Slip at Nano-Scales," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, April 2012, p 15.

• Dong Y, Li Q, Carpick RW and Martini A, "Inertia Gap Between MD Simulations and AFM Experiments in Study of Atomic Friction," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, February 2012, p 17.

• Dong Y, Li Q, Carpick RW and Martini A, "Atomic Friction Studied by Modeling the Buried Interface," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, April 2011, p 17.

• Vadakkepatt A and Martini A, "Fluid Compressibility Predicted using Atomistic Simulations," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, March 2011, p 14.

• Garcia J, Martini A and Lumkes J, "Experimental Measurement of Surface and Lubricant Effects on Static Friction for Metal Contacts," Tribology and Lubrication Technology, March 2010, p 17.

Book Chapters

• Martini A, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanotribology." In: Y-C Chung (editor) "Micro- and Nanoscale Phenomena in Tribology", Chapter 8, CRC Press (2011).