Biotribology: Recent progresses and future perspectives

摘要

Biotribology dealswithallaspectsoftribologyconcernedwithbiologicalsystems.Itisoneofthemostexcitingandrapidlygrowingareasoftribology. Itisrecognisedasoneofthemostimportantconsiderationsinmanybiologicalsystemsastotheunderstandingofhowournaturalsystemsworkaswellashowdiseasesaredevelopedandhowmedicalinterventionsshouldbeapplied.Tribologicalstudiesassociatedwithbiologicalsystemsarereviewedinthispaper.Abriefhistory,classificationaswellascurrentfocusesonbiotribologyresearchareanalysedaccordingtotypicalpapersfromselectedjournalsandpresentationsfromanumberofimportantconferencesinthisarea.Progressinjointtribology,skintribologyandoraltribologyaswellasotherrepresentativebiologicalsystemsispresented.Someremarksaredrawnandprospectsarediscussed.& 2015SouthwestJiaotongUniversity.ProductionandhostingbyElsevierB.V.ThisisanopenaccessarticleundertheCCBY-NC-NDlicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).