Ph.D., 2007, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
BS, 2003, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Professor (2022-present) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
Associate Professor (2016-2022) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
Visiting Scholar (2013-2014) Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Germany
Associate Professor (2011-2016) Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China
Assistant Professor (2009-2011) Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China
Postdoctoral Researcher (2007-2009) Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China
Young Scientists Award from the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2018
Young Scholars of the "Chang Jiang Scholars Program", 2018
The Best Paper Award in Tribology from Chinese Tribology Institution, 2017
National Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of China, 2014
Natural Science Award (First Class) from the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2012
The Best Paper Award in Tribology from Chinese Tribology Institution, 2011
Taiho Encouraging Award for Young Tribologists from World Tribology Congress (WTC IV), 2009
Superlubricity is a state of superlow friction (friction coefficient is less than or equal to 0.001~0.01), which is two orders of magnitude lower than conventional lubrication. Our group focuses on both experimental and theoretical studies on superlubricity of nanomaterials (graphene, MoS2, etc), which is of potential value for lubrication in micro-/nano-electromechanical systems.
Recent interests:
1. Mechanism and realization of superlubricity
2. Frictional behaviors of nanomaterials
1. Shu-Wei Liu, Hua-Ping Wang, Qiang Xu, Tian-Bao Ma*, Gui Yu*, Chenhui Zhang, Dechao Geng, Zhiwei Yu, Shengguang Zhang, Wenzhong Wang, Yuan-Zhong Hu, Hui Wang, Jianbin Luo*. Robust microscale superlubricity under high contact pressure enabled by graphene-coated microsphere. Nat. Commun. 8, 14029. (2017).
2. Shuai Zhang, Qiang Xu, Yuan Hou, Aisheng Song, Yuan Ma, Lei Gao, Mengzhen Zhu, Tianbao Ma*, Luqi Liu, Xi-Qiao Feng*, Qunyang Li*. Domino-like stacking order switching in twisted monolayer–multilayer graphene. Nat. Mater. 21, 621–626 (2022).
3. Aisheng Song, Ruoyu Shi, Hongliang Lu, Xueyan Wang, Yuanzhong Hu, Hong-Jun Gao, Jianbin Luo, Tianbao Ma*. Fluctuation of Interfacial Electronic Properties Induces Friction Tuning under an Electric Field. Nano Lett. 22, 1889–1896 (2022).
4. Kang Wang, Jie Zhang, Tianbao Ma*, Yanmin Liu, Aisheng Song, Xinchun Chen*, Yuanzhong Hu, Robert W. Carpick, Jianbin Luo. Unraveling the Friction Evolution Mechanism of Diamond-Like Carbon Film during Nanoscale Running-In Process toward Superlubricity. Small 17, 2005607 (2021).
5. Yanmin Liu, Aisheng Song, Zhi Xu, Ruilong Zong, Jie Zhang, Wenyan Yang, Rong Wang, Yuanzhong Hu, Jianbin Luo, TianBao Ma*. Interlayer Friction and Superlubricity in Single-Crystalline Contact Enabled by Two-Dimensional Flake-Wrapped Atomic Force Microscope Tips. ACS Nano 12, 7638–7646 (2018).
6. Aisheng Song, Ruoyu Shi, Hongliang Lu, Lei Gao, Qunyang Li, Hui Guo, Yanmin Liu, Jie Zhang, Yuan Ma, Xin Tang, Shixuan Du, Xin Li, Xiao Liu, Yuan-Zhong Hu, Hong-Jun Gao, Jianbin Luo, Tian-Bao Ma*. Modeling Atomic-Scale Electrical Contact Quality Across Two-Dimensional Interfaces. Nano Lett. 19, 3654–3662 (2019).
7. Qiang Xu, Jie Zhang, Xin Li, Diana M. van Duin, Yuanzhong Hu, Adri C. T. van Duin,* and Tianbao Ma*. How Polytetrafluoroethylene Lubricates Iron: An Atomistic View by Reactive Molecular Dynamics. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14, 6239–6250 (2022).
8.Tianbao Ma*, Zhiwei Yu, Aisheng Song, Jiahao Zhao, Haibo Zhang, Hongliang Lu, Dandan Han, Xueyan Wang, Wenzhong Wang. Intermittent failure mechanism and stabilization of microscale electrical contact. Friction 11, 538–545 (2023).
