A robust and self-healing coating has been developed by incorporating a thermally self-healing chemical coating on smooth and/or roughened solid. When the chemically coated solid is combined with a lubricating fluid, the material system is capable to repel a broad range of liquids and solids. The thermally self-healing chemical coating may be applied on various industrial metals, glass and plastics, and has shown exceptionally physical and chemical robustness as compared to state-of-the-art liquid-repellent coatings.

A lubricant or lubricant additive composed of halogen-, phosphorus- and sulphur-free ionic liquids containing fatty acid anions exhibit superior friction-reducing and anti-wear properties. Preferably, the lubricant composition comprises a base oil and an ionic liquid or mixed of two or more ionic liquids having concentration of 0.5 wt. % or more. These halogen-, phosphorus- and sulphur-free ionic liquids as lubricant or lubricant additive have minimal hazardous and corrosion effect to the environment and engineering surfaces, respectively. General chemical formula of fatty acid anion is represented as RCOO.sup.; whereas R may be C.sup.4 to C.sup.30 straight chain alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl substituted alkyl, alkenyl (single or more double bonds) includes with or without branched structure and may contain heteroatom.

A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which contains a conjugate acid (B.sup.+) and a conjugate base (X.sup.) and is aprotic, wherein the conjugate acid contains a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and wherein an acid that is a source of the conjugate base has a pKa in water of 0 or less.

A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B.sup.+) and a conjugate base (X.sup.), and is protic, wherein the conjugate acid includes a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the conjugate base is represented by the following general formula (1):

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where n is an integer of from 0 to 6 in the general formula (1).

A lubricating oil friction modifier and a preparation method therefor and use thereof are provided. The lubricating oil friction modifier has a chemical formula of A.sub.xB.sup.y+(C.sup.).sub.y. In the formula, A is a perfluoropolyether acyl group, B.sup.y+ represents a cationic group having x amino groups and y ammonium ions, C.sup. is BF.sub.4.sup., PF.sub.6.sup., AsF.sub.6.sup., FAP.sup., TFSI.sup., Mn.sub.2O.sub.4 or ClO.sub.4.sup., x is an integer greater than or equal to 1, y is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and x+y2. The lubricating oil friction modifier has a good solubility with fluorine oil and fluorine grease, will not precipitate in the fluorine oil and the fluorine grease after being added, and can significantly improve the wear resistance of a lubricating oil such as the fluorine oil and the fluorine grease.

A composition of an oil-soluble ionic detergent that does not contribute metal ions to the composition, and which comprises a quaternary non-metallic pnictogen cation and an organic anion having at least one hydrocarbyl group of sufficient length to impart oil solubility to the detergent, the detergent having a total base number (TBN) to total acid number (TAN) ratio of at least 2:1 imparts ash-free basicity to a lubricant composition.

The present invention relates to novel ionic liquids comprising polyethercarboxylate groups as anions, alkyl ammonium groups as cations, a process of preparation of said ionic liquids and its use in high duty lubricant.

The present invention relates to additives for reducing friction and wear in lubricants. In particular, the present invention relates to novel salts and their use in lubricating oil compositions for reducing friction and wear. In particular, the present invention relates to one or more ionic liquids, wherein the one or more ionic liquids comprise one or more cations and one or more Group 6 metal mononuclear metallate anions.

Provided herein is an ionic liquid comprising: an anionic portion that comprises: at least one carboxylate group; and at least one ester group and/or at least one amide group; and a cationic portion having formula A: A, where: X represents a cationic species; and a and n are selected to approximately balance the charge of the ionic liquid, wherein the ionic liquid is ashless.

A preparation method of a chelated lithium molybdate lubricant additive includes: adding kaolin and HDTMS into deionized water, performing magnetic stirring and ultrasonic treatment, then stirring to perform a reaction, and after the reaction is finished, filtering, washing and drying a reaction product to obtain alkylated kaolin; adding the alkylated kaolin and APTMS into deionized water, performing magnetic stirring and ultrasonic treatment, then stirring to perform a reaction, and after the reaction is finished, centrifuging, washing and drying a reaction product to obtain amino/alkylated kaolin; adding the amino/alkylated kaolin into a chelated lithium molybdate ionic liquid, stirring for a reaction, and after the reaction is finished, filtering, washing and drying a reaction product to obtain the chelated lithium molybdate lubricant additive. The prepared lubricant additive has good dispersibility in base oil, and performs well in friction reduction and anti-wear.