Ø Aisheng Song, Jian-Xun Zhao, Xin Tang, Hai-Jun Wu, Zhiyue Xu, Jiawei Cao, Xiao Liu, Hui Wang, Qunyang Li, Yuan-Zhong Hu, Xin Li, Jianbin Luo, Tian-Bao Ma*. Tuning friction force and reducing wear by applying alternating electric current in conductive AFM experiments. Nat. Commun. 16, 4704. (2025).
Ø 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).
Ø Shuai Zhang, Qiang Xu, Yuan Hou, Aisheng Song, Yuan Ma, Lei Gao, Mengzhen Zhu, Tian-Bao Ma*, Luqi Liu, Xi-Qiao Feng*, Qunyang Li*. Domino-like stacking order switching in twisted monolayer–multilayer graphene. Nat. Mater. 21, 621–626 (2022).
Ø Weiqi Chen, Zhiyue Xu, Kang Wang, Lei Gao, Aisheng Song, Tian-Bao Ma*. Transferable machine learning model for multi-target nanoscale simulations in hydrogen-carbon system from crystal to amorphous. npj Computaional Materials. 11:119. (2025).
Ø Hongzhan Chen, Chengjun Huang, Xin Tang, Quansheng Ma, Shaobo Gao, Shang Li, Yuqing Fan, Jie Jin, Tian-Bao Ma*. Superlubricity in dry rolling-sliding contacts with amorphous carbon film. Tribology International. 210, 110809. (2025).
Ø Weiqi Chen, Kang Wang, Xinran Miao, Jie Zhang, Aisheng Song, Xinchun Chen, Jianbin Luo, Tian-Bao Ma*. Ultralow‐Friction at Cryogenic Temperature Induced by Hydrogen Correlated Quantum Effect. Small. 20, 32, 2400083. (2024).
Ø Xin Tang, Aisheng Song*, Haijun Wu, Kaili Feng, Tianmin Shao, Tian-Bao Ma*. Observing and Modeling the Wear Process of Heterogeneous Interface. Nano Letters. 24. 6965-6973. (2024).
Ø Quansheng Ma, Chenjun Huang, Wei Cai, Jiaxu Zhang, Weiqi Chen, Jie Jin, Yuan Xia, Yi Xu, Tian-Bao Ma*. Revealing the low-temperature friction behavior and mechanisms of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films with Al/Cr/Si doping. Tribology International. 198. 109911. (2024).
Ø Wenyan Cui, Hongzhan Chen, Jianxun Zhao, Quansheng Ma, Qiang Xu, Tian-Bao Ma*. Progresses on cryo-tribology: lubrication mechanisms, detection methods and applications. Int. J. Extrem. Manuf. 5. 022004. (2023).
Ø 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).
Ø 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).
Ø 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).
Ø 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).
Ø 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).
Ø 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).
