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Molecular Tribology Lab
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The lab aims for a unified understanding of friction processes.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward a unified understanding of diverse phenomena
The Molecular Tribology Lab specializes in research on "the science and technology of friction processes."
The lab studies diverse friction processes individually while aiming for a unified understanding of them.
Through collaboration across disciplines and among industry, government, and academia, the lab drives both science and technology forward and contributes to a sustainable society.
On the lab's website, the lab is presented under the name "Nakano & Okubo Lab."
Key terms
- Multimodal operando measurement
- Measurement that observes friction processes from multiple angles in real time. Developing such instruments is a specialty of the lab
NewsLab news
A paper on the boundary lubrication performance of cellulose nanofiber moldings was published in Tribology Online
A paper on the formation process of boundary lubrication films was published in Tribology International
A paper on an experimental method for separating the components of rubber friction was published in Tribology International
A paper on the layered structure and wear mechanism of concentrated polymer brushes was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
A paper on mechanical modeling of solid friction arising from viscoelasticity was published in Tribology Online
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies diverse friction processes individually while aiming for a unified understanding of them. In its experiments, the lab excels at developing multimodal operando measurement systems that measure friction processes from multiple angles in real time.
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The members of the Molecular Tribology Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and collaborators.As of 2026
- ProfessorKen Nakano
- Associate ProfessorHikaru Okubo
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “6.02 Static Friction Tribometer” Wsps / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Tribodynamics Lab): “Argonne's Tribology Lab - Hydrogen Tribometer” Matt Howard / Public domain (cropped)
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